![Credit: Amanda Chang. G. Greg Wang, PhD, is a UNC Lineberger member and an assistant professor in the UNC School of Medicine Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics.](https://unclineberger.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/867/2018/10/faulty-instructions-image2-600x400.jpeg)
June 23, 2016
Researchers discover how faulty genetic instructions drive a deadly blood cancer in adults
A study by UNC Lineberger researcher G. Greg Wang, PhD, and colleagues uncovered the genetic mechanism behind how acute myeloid leukemia cells with a specific DNA mutation stay as undifferentiated cells, rather than maturing into healthy blood cells.