New study reveals genetic link to blood cancers
Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 13:49
in Biology & Nature
The study, published in the journal Nature Genetics, has shown that susceptibility to a series of blood cancers, known as myeloproliferative disorders (MPDs), is linked to a particular area of the patient's DNA, which is prone to developing mutations...
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