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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
They are completely free of two of the most debilitating illnesses - diabetes and cancer.
Now scientists hope a community of dwarfs living in a remote corner of Ecuador could hold the key to a cure for both.
The Laron dwarfs, who have a condition believed to be caused by inbreeding, appear to be completely immune to cancer and other age and lifestyle associated diseases.
People who inherit the genetic defect are in perfect proportion but grow only to an average height of 4ft.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...mmune-cancer-diabetes-hold-cure-diseases.html
Now scientists hope a community of dwarfs living in a remote corner of Ecuador could hold the key to a cure for both.
The Laron dwarfs, who have a condition believed to be caused by inbreeding, appear to be completely immune to cancer and other age and lifestyle associated diseases.
People who inherit the genetic defect are in perfect proportion but grow only to an average height of 4ft.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...mmune-cancer-diabetes-hold-cure-diseases.html