Mutant Genes In High-risk Childhood Leukemias Identified
Saturday, May 23, 2009 - 22:35
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have pinpointed a new class of gene mutations, which identify cases of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia that have a high risk of relapse and death. The finding suggests specific drugs that could treat this high-risk leukemia subtype in children, particularly because such drugs are already in clinical trials for similar blood diseases in adults.