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Nature Reviews Cancer 8, 568–569 (1 August 2008) | doi:10.1038/nrc2445

Leukaemia: Mixed up

Safia Ali Danovi

Rearrangements of the mixed-lineage leukaemia (MLL) gene are common in both acute myeloid and acute lymphoid leukaemia (AML and ALL). However, the nature of the leukaemic stem cell (LSC) and the influence of environmental cues in MLL-associated leukaemias are poorly understood.