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Clonal Hematopoiesis and Its Impact on Human Health.
Annual review of medicine - 27 Jan 2023
Ahmad Herra, Jahn Nikolaus, Jaiswal Siddhartha
Abstract excerpt
Aging is associated with increased mutational burden in every tissue studied. Occasionally, fitness-increasing mutations will arise, leading to stem cell clonal expansion. This process occurs in several tissues but has been best studied in blood. Clonal hematopoiesis is associated with an increased risk of blood cancers, such as acute myeloid leukemia, which result if additional cooperating mutations occur....
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