Larry Ingrassia’s, A Fatal Inheritance, is the most comprehensive biography of Li-Fraumeni syndrome for the lay reader to date. Though this book reads like a riveting medical mystery, it is also an informative resource for
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A KICK-ASS FAIRY? Looking for a fairy tale to make into a musical? Look somewhere else. Linda Zercoe offers up a series of unfortunate events in a memoir that
Researchers tested cells from people with Li-Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS), a genetic condition that increases cancer risk, to see how they respond to DNA-damaging agents like X-rays. They found no significant differences between the cells of
Researchers analyzed families with a pattern of sarcomas, breast cancer, and other cancers occurring in young patients. They found that cancer developed in an autosomal dominant pattern, with 79% of affected individuals diagnosed before age
Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a genetic disorder linked to mutations in the p53 tumor suppressor gene, leading to a wide range of cancers. While p53 mutations help explain some cancer risks, they don’t fully account
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