'Breakthrough' may lead to new treatment for fatal childhood cancer

Scientists have discovered an enzyme in the "developmental pathway" of patients with embryonal tumors within multilayers rosettes - an uncommon but deadly childhood brain cancer - which they say may lead to more effective treatment of the disease.The study, published in the journal Nature Genetics, was led by researchers from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), the McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Canada.
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