... and celebrate World Down Syndrome Day. It's time to
explode the myths and fears that surround this condition.
A final irony :
at the same time as a test is coming on the market to eliminate children with
Down syndrome, other researchers have realised that these children are not subject to certain
common types of cancer. Studies are already underway to identify the genes,
called “tumour-suppressor genes” which protect a cell from one step on the
path to cancer.
These studies,
supported financially by the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation, are being carried out
at the prestigious University Medical School in Montpellier in the south of
France. A second pilot study is also underway in Lebanon, giving the
possibility to study a population with a different lifestyle and diet.
The very children
whose lives are so much at risk because of public policies to prevent their
birth, may help us to find the elusive cure to cancer.
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