Does Study of Down Syndrome Hold a Possible Cancer Cure?
Category: SCIENCE
Remarkably, people with Down syndrome have an increased incidence of leukemia but a much lower incidence of solid tissue tumors. What is it about the extra copy of chromosome 21 that protects them from solid tumors but predisposes them to blood cancers?
By Joaquin M. Espinosa, ContributorProfessor of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Me..., 2014-10-16