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UrduResearchers at the University of Florida College of Medicine have discovered how common age-related changes in the blood system can make certain colon cancers grow faster.
Tag: clonal hematopoiesis
Detect minor clones in blood cells: St. Jude looks deep to find source of accelerated aging in childhood cancer survivors
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital used deep sequencing data from childhood cancer survivors and found the mutational fingerprint of a toxic chemotherapy associated with a marker of accelerated aging.
Utah Researchers Illuminate Potential Precursors of Blood Cancers
Utah researchers report significant new insights into the development of blood cancers. Comparing DNA data in people with and without blood disorders, the researchers discovered genetic mutations in about 2% of the presumably healthy participants that were identical to those frequently observed in the cancer patients. These findings provide new clues about mutations that may initiate cancer development and those that may help cancer progress.