Inherited Gene Variation Helps Explain Drug Toxicity in Patients of East Asian Ancestry
Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 09:30
in Health & Medicine
About 10 percent of young leukemia patients of East Asian ancestry inherit a gene variation that is associated with reduced tolerance of a drug that is indispensable for curing acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common childhood cancer. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists led the study, which is being published online today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.