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Download Solution PDFIdentify the plant that cures blood cancer
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TNUSRB SI Official Paper (Held on 24 June 2012)
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Option 1 : Vincristine
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Vincristine.
Key Points
- Vincristine sulfate is approved to treat adults and children with Acute leukemia.
Additional Information
Leukemia
- It is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow.
- It usually involves the white blood cells
- It results in high numbers of abnormal blood cells.
- It can cause due to mutation in the DNA
- It is caused due to natural and artificial ionizing radiation and by some chemicals like benzene.
- Types of leukaemia
- Acute lymphocytic leukaemia
- Acute myelogenous leukaemia
- Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
- Chronic myelogenous leukaemia
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