Kills in weeks: named cause of deadly cancer

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mutation of only two defective cells leads to the development of acute myeloid leukemia. Cold Spring. Cancer is caused by mutations of IDH2 and SRSF2 genes.

Laboratory Professor Adrian Crener said mutations prevent the maturation of bone marrow cells into erythrocytes and leukocytes needed by the patient to overcome cancer. Now the laboratory is trying to create new remedies for blood cancer.

Acute myeloid leukemia is blood cancer. It quickly reproduces altered white blood cells. In the absence of treatment, the patient may die in just a few weeks or months.

symptoms are rapid fatigue, shortness of breath, frequent skin damage, and increased bleeding.