Inherited risk factors increase odds of developing childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Sunday, August 16, 2009 - 17:21 in Health & Medicine

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have identified inherited variations in two genes that account for 37 percent of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), including a gene that may help predict drug response.

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