New chromosomal abnormality identified in leukemia associated wi...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Sat, 10/17/2009 - 22:00

(St. Jude Children's Research Hospital) Researchers identified a new chromosomal abnormality in acute lymphoblastic leukemia that appears to work in concert with another mutation to give rise to cancer.

This latest anomaly is particularly common in children with Down syndrome.


 

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