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Researchers discover key mutation in acute myeloid leukemia – 1
Narrator: This is NIH Health Matters. I’m Joe Balintfy. Researchers have discovered mutations in a particular gene that affect the treatment prognosis for some patients with acute myeloid leukemia or AML. AML is an aggressive blood cancer.
Ley: It is a very bad disease to get.
Narrator: That’s Dr. Tim Ley at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He says there are 13,000 new AML patients in America annually.
Ley: 13,000 news cases a year and 9,000 deaths.
Narrator: He explains that in this disease, the cancer cells or tumors crowd out the normal cells in bone marrow, where the elements of blood are made in the human body. For more on AML visit www.cancer.gov. Health Matters is produced by the National Institutes of Health, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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