People with Down syndrome face a heightened risk of developing leukemia (
SN: 12/22/07, p. 402), but some studies hint that people with the condition might be protected against solid-tumor cancers.
A study in mice now shows that the chromosomal abnormality that causes Down syndrome might harbor a genetic aberration that protects against colon cancer.
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