Immune system development linked to leukaemia: Defences against infection can be weaknesses in causing cancer
Monday, January 13, 2014 - 13:30
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have discovered that a cellular mechanism that fights off infection is a driving force for a type of childhood leukaemia. In these patients a group of proteins that normally produce antibodies run amok, causing DNA rearrangements in genes involved in cancer development, leading to leukaemia.