Philadelphia chromosome
Meaning
Human chromosome 22, after it has, pathologically, traded some of its genetic material with chromosome 9; this often causes chronic myelogenous leukemia.
Translations
pathologisch
παθολογικά
morbosamente
de forma patológica
patológicamenteEtymology
The abnormality was first discovered and described in 1959 by David Hungerford from the Institute for Cancer Research and Peter Nowell from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Both facilities are located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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