Cancer Researchers Reveal How Mutations in a Single Gene Can Cause Different Diseases
Read Time: Leading cancer experts at the University of Birmingham have solved a long-standing question of how various types of mutations in just one gene cause different types of diseases. A team of scientists at the Universityâs Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, led by Professor Constanze Bonifer, studied a gene known as RUNX1, which is responsible for providing instructions for the development of all blood cells and is frequently mutated in blood cancers. The results of their research has shown that the balance of cells types in the blood is affected much earlier than previo...