Friday, February 29, 2008

Study Sheds Light On How Down's Prevents Cancer

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"By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (Reuters) - People with Down's syndrome suffer cancer less than most other people and a study in mice published on Wednesday gives one possible explanation -- they produce higher levels of a certain protein.

The protein may keep tumors from growing, and this finding may help in the development of new cancer drugs, the team at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore reported. "

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