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Article: The Mormans' genetic legacy. (heredity and colon cancer)

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THE MORMONS' GENETIC LEGACY

A study of Mormon families reveals definite evidence that heredity plays a major role in the formation of colon cancer.

Salt Lake City, Utah--When Brigham Young led the Mormons across the jagged Wasatch Mountains and into this desert basin about 140 years ago, he never could have prophesied the legacy they would leave to modern science. By studying the unusually large Mormon families who reside near here, scientists today are beginning to crack the most basic riddles of human illness and now claim to have resolved a debate that has consumed cancer researchers for years.

In a study of the Mormons, scientists at the ...

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