Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Inherited mutation can predispose children to a type of brain tumor April 1, 2020 Author: Neuroscience News Category: Brain CancerThe article below may contain offensive and/or incorrect content. The ELP1 gene is abnormally mutated in the germline DNA of 15% of children with the Sonic Hedgehog subgroup of medulloblastoma brain cancer.