Ecuador, some Ecuadorians don’t suffer cancer or diabetes

Posted on February 17, 2011 • Filed under: Ecuador, Latin America Health

In remote villages of Ecuador, scientists have found a population that may hold clues to fighting diabetes and cancer – people with a type of dwarfism who almost never get those diseases. It turns out that a gene mutation that stunts their growth also may block cell changes that lead to these diseases of ageing. Read Article

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