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Mel Greaves
Showed that childhood leukaemia begins before birth and framed cancer as an evolutionary process.
Mel Greaves traced the prenatal origins of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia using twin studies and neonatal blood spots, and proposed the delayed-infection hypothesis for its aetiology.
Role
Professor of Cell Biology, ICR; Founding Director, Centre for Evolution and Cancer
Institution
Specialisms
Cancer evolutionChildhood leukaemiaCancer origins
Profiles
| Title | Journal | Year |
|---|---|---|
| A causal mechanism for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia | Nature Reviews Cancer | 2018 |