How these twins' rare growth disorder could provide the key to preventing cancer
Researchers have found that people with Laron syndrome have a lower incidence of cancer than the wider population.
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"The idea is to be able to replicate, through a drug or a diet, what happens in people with Laron syndrome, in other people without the syndrome."
— Dr Jaime Guevara , Academic
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Researchers have found that people with Laron syndrome have a lower incidence of cancer than the wider population.
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