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Major study links ageing gene to blood cancer

A gene that helps control the ageing process by acting as a cell’s internal clock has been linked to cancer by a major new study.

A gene that helps control the ageing process by acting as a cell’s internal clock has been linked to cancer by a major new study. Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, found a genetic variant that influences the ageing process among four new variants they linked to myeloma €“ one of the most common types of blood cancer. The study more than doubles the number of genetic variants linked to myeloma, bringing the total number to seven, and sheds important new light on the genetic causes of the disease. The research, published in the prestigious journal Nature Genetics

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