NUIG study aims to prevent blood related cancers

Galway Bay fm newsroom – An NUI Galway research project may provide ways of preventing blood-related diseases, including bone marrow cancer.
The project led by the University of California in San Francisco in conjunction with NUI Galway’s Centre for Chromosome Biology aims to mitigate the effects of ageing on the blood.
The study shows that critical components of blood stem cells’ replication machinery are lost during ageing.
This can lead to diseases such as anaemia and bone marrow failure.
Professor Ciaran Morrison of the Centre for Chromosome Biology says key genes are affected during the ageing process.