Leading UK scientist reveals likely cause of childhood leukaemia

(Institute of Cancer Research) A major new analysis reveals the likely cause of most cases of childhood leukaemia, following more than a century of controversy about its origins.Professor Mel Greaves assessed the most comprehensive body of evidence ever collected on acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). He concludes the disease is caused through a two-step process of genetic mutation and exposure to infection that means it may be preventable with treatments to stimulate or 'prime' the immune system in infancy.
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