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Leukemia vs Ubenimex - What's the difference?

leukemia | ubenimex |

As nouns the difference between leukemia and ubenimex

is that leukemia is leukemia (cancer of blood forming tissue) while ubenimex is a particular protease inhibitor used in the treatment of some leukemias.

leukemia

English

(wikipedia leukemia)

Alternative forms

* leukaemia (UK) * (l) * (archaic)

Noun

  • (US) A type of malignancy affecting the blood cells or blood-forming tissues.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01, author=Philip E. Mirowski
    • , volume=100, issue=1, page=87, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Harms to Health from the Pursuit of Profits , passage=In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.}}
  • (US, countable) Any specific form or type of cancer of the blood-forming tissues.

    • ubenimex

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia ubenimex) (-)
  • A particular protease inhibitor used in the treatment of some leukemias