USC team pinpoints childhood leukemia risk factor

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Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers found that children born with a genetic predisposition to produce more lymphocytes, particularly in relation to other types of white blood cells, are at a higher risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia. 

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