Down's syndrome reveals one key to fighting cancer
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 13:21
in Health & Medicine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People with Down's syndrome rarely get most kinds of cancer and U.S. researchers have nailed down one reason why -- they have extra copies of a gene that helps keep tumors from feeding themselves.
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