Cold cases gone hot: Researchers solve decades-old medical mysteries using genetics
Friday, January 28, 2011 - 12:30
in Biology & Nature
The mystery began in 1976. A patient was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer associated with the occurrence of multiple tumors in his stomach and colon. His medical team was stumped and was unable to answer the most important questions for him and his family: the cause of his disease and the risk for future generations. Now, 35 years later, the answers are at hand thanks to a new genetic study.