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Genetic Predisposition

The Mossé Laboratory studies the role of the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) oncogene in the initiation and progression of neuroblastoma, with a focus on developing innovative therapeutic strategies for patients with this often lethal disease.

Published on
Dec 3, 2015
Pediatric oncology researchers have narrowed down a culprit in an aggressive form of the childhood cancer neuroblastoma that makes the disease progress once tumors form.