Scientists identify key gene that protects against leukaemia

Thursday, April 9, 2009 - 09:28 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have identified a gene that controls the rapid production and differentiation of the stem cells that produce all blood cell types - a discovery that could eventually open the door to more streamlined treatments for leukaemia and other blood cancers, in which blood cells proliferate out of control...

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