UCSF-led team discovers familial link in rare childhood leukaemia

A UCSF-led team has discovered a direct link between an inherited genetic mutation, a set of developmental abnormalities and a rare form of childhood leukaemia called juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia, or JMML. The study demonstrates a new familial link in JMML and has significant implications, the researchers say, for improving the diagnosis and treatment of the disease...

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