Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 family member L1 (Aldh1l1or 10-formyltetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase) is a gene which encodes a protein that is known to regulate folate metabolism(Sharma et al., 2022), cell motility(Oleinik et al., 2010), and cancer (Reviewed by Krupenko & Krupenko, 2018). The gene discussed is ALDH1L1; the disease is cancer.