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Stem cell booster drug promising

A drug being tested on Alzheimer's and diabetes patients may allow doctors to more aggressively treat cancer patients, increasing the odds of killing tumours.

Scientists at the Krembil Centre for Stem Cell Biology in London have tested the drug on mice and found it boosts the ability of stem cells to rebuild the blood system.

"The ability to get better regeneration affords you the ability to deliver more aggressive therapy and the chances of killing the tumour are far, far greater," said Mick Bhatia, director of the centre at the Robarts Research Institute.

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