In a scientific paper published this week, a multicenter group, including the laboratory of Dr. Xosé R. Bustelo of the Salamanca Cancer Research Center, has described the identification of several genes that are frequently altered in lymphomas of Peripheral T cells of "unclear origin".

T lymphocytes are the blood cells responsible for destroying the malignant cells that occasionally originate in our organs as well as those that have been infected by viruses and other pathogens. More information.