Word: lymphomas
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Leder says that studies done may years ago on concer known as Burkitt's lymphoma paved the way for his transgenic research...
...reason we arrived at Burkitt's lymphoma was that the research was directed at the genetic basis for formation of antibodies," says Leder...
When the DNA locus of the encoding of these antibody producers was identified, he says, it was found that this locus was always involved in the same region as Burkitt's lymphoma. The insertion of the lymphoma abnormality, a gene known as c-myc, was responsible for the rise of the tumor...
This led to the conclusion that the gene suspected as causal in Burkitt's lymphoma was necessary but not sufficient for cancer, Leder says. It was also concluded that the gene could cause cancer in other mammals, and in regions of the body other than the blood...
Albert M. Sacks, a former dean of Harvard Law School, died of lymphoma at the end of last month...