A variant of the gene GFI1 predisposes to a subtype of blood cancer
Monday, January 18, 2010 - 16:35
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- A large international research group led by Dr. Tarik Möröy, a researcher at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), has discovered that a variant of the gene "Growth Factor Independence 1" (GFI1) predisposes humans to develop acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a certain subtype of blood cancer.