Chromosomal Rearrangement Is The Key To Progress Against Aggressive Infant Leukemia
Saturday, March 14, 2015 - 23:40
in Health & Medicine
The St. Jude Children's Research Hospital--Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project reports that a highly aggressive form of leukemia in infants has surprisingly few mutations beyond the chromosomal rearrangement that affects the MLL gene. The findings suggest that targeting the alteration is likely the key to improved survival. The research appeared online ahead of print this week in the scientific journal Nature Genetics. read more