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Teen helps scientists study her rare disease
Elana Simon an 18 year old New Yorker helped launch a study on fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma the rare liver cancer of youths. Her father at Rockefeller University surgeon at Memorial Sloan Kegan Center and NY Genome Center researchers co authored this first shown breakage in a gene fusion forming abnormal protein present in all tested tumors. The work hints at a cancer growth mechanism and spurred NIH advised patient registry while NIH rare diseases site promotes involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Science
Elana Simon
New York City
Rockefeller University
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York
Sanford Simon
National Institutes of Health
Simons
NIH
Office of Rare Diseases Research
Zach Veilleux
Rockefellew Univen