New Mayo Clinic studies to be presented at American Society of Hematology meeting

ORLANDO, Dec. 8 -- Mayo Clinic researchers will present findings at the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting Dec. 7-10 in Orlando.

New Mayo Clinic studies to be presented include:

DNA analysis identifies elevated risk factor for myeloma in individuals of African ancestry

Embargoed until Monday, Dec. 9 at 6 p.m. EST

Multiple myeloma is a plasma cell cancer that is more common in patients of African American descent than of European American descent. Genetic research has shown that patients of more than 80% African ancestry are more likely to have a specific subtype of myeloma that features a genetic translocation, which is an exchange of genetic material between chromosomes.

Mayo Clinic researchers conducted DNA genotyping anal...