A wise man knows his genes

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/06/18/no.stomachs.ap/index.html [Published: 21-Jun-06 | Permalink | Category: Science seen]
11 members of an American family had their stomachs surgically removed after discovering they had the wrong allele of the CDH1 gene and an accompanying 70% likelihood of developing rare (but fatal) hereditary diffuse gastric cancer.

"We're all going to die of something," he said, "but I know I won't die of stomach cancer."

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