Key cause of bone marrow failure identified
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 - 14:31
in Health & Medicine
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers funded by Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research and the Medical Research Council (MRC) have identified one of the first steps that can cause bone marrow failure and eventually lead to blood cancers. This discovery will open up a new strategy for treating these disorders and hopefully prevent some forms leukaemia, which affects up to 7,600 people a year in the UK.
