在厄瓜多尔的偏远一隅,研究者对一种罕见的侏儒症进行研究后有了惊人的发现:携带这种基因缺陷的人,居然可以对癌症和其他一些疾病产生免疫。一种罕见的侏儒症1988年12月,美国佛罗里达大学教授阿兰·罗森布鲁姆(Arlan Rosenbloom)来到了厄瓜多尔首都基多,去医治那里的一些患者。作为内分泌学家,在过去十年里,他已经收治了当地几个缺乏生长激素的儿童,这类患者在他佛罗里达大学的诊所里很常见。这也是他第一次深入南美洲治疗当地的患者。罗森布鲁姆原计划一年中为这几 In a remote part of Ecuador, researchers have been surprised to see a rare case of dwarfism: people with this genetic defect can actually get cancer and other diseases immune. A rare dwarfism In December 1988, Arlan Rosenbloom, a professor at the University of Florida, came to Quito, Ecuador, to treat some patients there. As an endocrinologist, he has treated several children lacking growth hormone in the country for the past decade, and is often found at his University of Florida clinic. This is also his first visit to South America to treat patients in the area. Rosenblum planned for the past few years