URMC / Pathology & Laboratory Medicine / Read Our Blog / May 2017 May 2017 Cancer Biology, thanks to Green Lizards What can green lizards and “dark matter” teach us about cancer? Gene Study Points Researchers to New Pathway for Leukemia Leukemia is one of the hardest cancers to treat, but scientists have discovered a new, targetable pathway in one of the worst subtypes of the disease.