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George S. Vassiliou

Researcher at University of Cambridge

Publications -  166
Citations -  13192

George S. Vassiliou is an academic researcher from University of Cambridge. The author has contributed to research in topics: Myeloid leukemia & Leukemia. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 143 publications receiving 10295 citations. Previous affiliations of George S. Vassiliou include Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute & Boston Children's Hospital.

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Acquired mutation of the tyrosine kinase JAK2 in human myeloproliferative disorders.

TL;DR: A single acquired mutation of JAK2 was noted in more than half of patients with a myeloproliferative disorder and its presence in all erythropoietin-independent erythroid colonies demonstrates a link with growth factor hypersensitivity, a key biological feature of these disorders.
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Prediction of acute myeloid leukaemia risk in healthy individuals

Sagi Abelson, +90 more
- 09 Jul 2018 - 
TL;DR: Deep sequencing is used to analyse genes that are recurrently mutated in AML to distinguish between individuals who have a high risk of developing AML and those with benign ARCH, providing proof-of-concept that it is possible to discriminate ARCH from pre-AML many years before malignant transformation.