St. Jude Children's Research Hospital: Inherited Mutation Found Among Brazilians Increases Cancer Risk
June 25, 2020
June 25, 2020
MEMPHIS, Tennessee, June 25 -- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital issued the following news release on June 24:
Genomic research helps explain why some people with a common TP53 mutation widespread in Brazil get cancer while others do not.
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital alongside global partners are studying a common TP53-R337H variant found among people of Brazilian descent. The researchers found that a variant in the tumor suppressor gene XAF1 . . .
Genomic research helps explain why some people with a common TP53 mutation widespread in Brazil get cancer while others do not.
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital alongside global partners are studying a common TP53-R337H variant found among people of Brazilian descent. The researchers found that a variant in the tumor suppressor gene XAF1 . . .