<p style="text-align:start">Children of Hispanic/Latino origin are 30-40% more likely to get Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) than non-Hispanic white children. However, the exact genetic basis and cause of that increased risk are unknown. Now researchers have revealed a key genetic variant contributing towards the increased risk, as well as details about the biological basis of ALL. The research team focused on the <em>IKZF1 </em>gene, known to relate to ALL but never before linked with ethnic risk disparities. Using genetic fine-mapping analysis, they independently analyzed each position along the gene—known as a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)—to determine whether having a certain variant increased ALL risk. They found three independent SNPs linked to higher ALL incidence, one of which was present in about 30% of people of Hispanic/Latino origin in the U.S. and less than 1% of people
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common childhood cancer, disproportionately affects children of Hispanic/Latino origin in the United States.
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Shelly Wang: Bill and Melinda Gates’ Divorce Caused By A Chinese Woman Who Worked For Them? Details
Little is known on why Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda French Gates are headed to divorce after 27 years of marriage.
According to several rumors, a Chinese interpreter who works for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is responsible for destroying the Microsoft founder s marriage to his wife.
36-year-old Zhe Shelly Wang, however, has come forward to deny the wild online rumors.
She aired out her frustration on the Chinese social media website Weibo on Wednesday, slamming the unfounded rumors that she had an affair with Bill Gates, who has a net worth of $130.5 billion.
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There are nearly 3 million people with Parkinson s disease in China, medical experts have said ahead of World Parkinson s Disease Day on Sunday. 14:20 UTC+8, 2021-04-10 0
There are nearly 3 million people with Parkinson’s disease in China, the country with the largest number of patients in the world, medical experts have said ahead of World Parkinson’s Disease Day on Sunday.
And there are more young and middle-aged people being detected with the disease.
“About half of Parkinson’s disease patients are in China, which has a higher incidence, but public awareness remains low, said Dr Zeng Ran from Shanghai Donglei Brain Hospital. Many patients only come to the hospital in the middle and late stage of the disease.