Epigenetic Factor Likely Plays a Key Role in Fueling Most Common Childhood Cancer
Monday, June 10, 2013 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
Changes in an epigenetic mechanism that turns expression of genes on and off may be as important as genetic alterations in causing pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), according to a study led by scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and published in the June 10 online edition of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.