New gene findings will help guide treatment in infant leukaemia

Sunday, December 6, 2009 - 06:49 in Health & Medicine

Paediatric oncologists have identified specific genes, dubbed partner genes, that fuse with another gene to drive an often-fatal form of leukaemia in infants. By more accurately defining specific partner genes, researchers expect to better predict which infants may benefit from particular treatments...

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