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tribe immune to cancer, diabetes  Foolish Mortal 02-17-2011,
09:24 AM Members of a remote Ecuadorian tribe immune to cancer,
diabetes (http://www.digitaltrends.com/international/members-of-
a-remote-ecuadorian-tribe-immune-to-cancer-diabetes/)  A
researcher in Ecuador has discovered that those residents of a
remote village who are afflicted with a rare genetic disorder
exhibit a strong resistance to cancer and diabetes.  “Cure for
cancer” is the modern-day medical holy grail, and science has
now moved one step closer to making a breakthrough. Dr. Jaime
Guevara-Aguirre has been studying a group of 99 villagers in a
remote Ecuadorian village for the past 24 years, all of whom are
afflicted with a rare condition called Laron syndrome, or Laron-
type dwarfism, The New York Times reports. In addition to their
short stature, Guevara-Aguirre has also discovered that the
villagers are immune, or at least highly resistant, to cancer
and diabetes.  The finding