Genetic abnormality may increase risk of blood disorders

Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 09:24 in Health & Medicine

Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre (MSKCC) have shown for the first time that a tendency to develop some blood disorders may be inherited. Their research, published online in Nature Genetics, identifies a common genetic sequence abnormality that enhances the likelihood of acquiring a mutation in a gene linked to certain blood diseases...

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