Gene that causes deadliest brain tumor also causes childhood cancers (IMAGE)

University of Virginia Health System

Gene that causes deadliest brain tumor also causes childhood cancers

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UVA Cancer Center's Hui Li, PhD, has identified an oncogene (cancer-causing gene) responsible for two forms of rhabdomyosarcoma, a cancer of the soft tissue that primarily strikes young children.

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