Leukaemia gene faults accumulate with age

Genetic mutations in blood cells that could develop into leukaemia become “almost inevitable” as people get older, new research suggests. A study by scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute found more than 70% of people aged over 90 had blood cells with some of the same DNA alterations found in the cancer. Dr George Vassiliou, senior author from the Sanger Institute and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “These mutations will be harmless for the majority of people but for a few unlucky carriers they will take the body on a journey towards leukaemia. We had suspected people had