Mayo Clinic researchers identify gene types driving racial disparities in myeloma

20:00 EDT 9 Oct 2018 | AAAS

(Mayo Clinic) Researchers at Mayo Clinic have identified three specific gene types that account for a known two-to-three-fold increase in myeloma diagnoses among African-Americans. Researchers also demonstrated the ability to study race and racial admixture more accurately using DNA analysis. The findings were published today in Blood Cancer Journal.

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