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Published online 17 April 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.761
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Nerve cancer mutations found
Results suggest new therapies for a childhood cancer.
Researchers have identified genetic mutations underlying a childhood cancer of the nervous system called neuroblastoma. The mutations are the primary drivers behind the inherited form of the disease, and are also strongly associated with a non-inherited form that carries a particularly high risk of death.
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