Posts Tagged ‘acute myeloid leukemia’
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“Now we’re able to point to a distinct type of mutation for half of the remaining leukemias for which we didn’t know the cause and between one-quarter and one-third of leukemias in older patients,” says senior author Craig Thompson. Above, acute myeloid leukemia bone marrow showing immature leukemia cells. (Credit: Abramson Cancer Center)
U. PENN (US)—A newly found mutation in acute myeloid leukemia patients could account for half of the remaining cases of adult acute leukemia with an unknown origin. Continue…
