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Posts Tagged ‘Abraham Lincoln’

The Mystery Of Lincoln’s Last Days

by Sheril Kirshenbaum

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We all know how Abraham Lincoln died in 1865, but what about the way he lived during the final years of his life?  Just maybe the 16th president suffered from a rare genetic disorder called multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B.

Dr. John Sotos–author of ‘The Physical Lincoln‘ and a consultant on the TV series ‘House‘–would like to run DNA analysis of the president’s blood.  He believes Lincoln was already dying, before the assassination, from cancer.

Why such speculation?  (more…)

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May 6th, 2009 11:26 AM Tags: Abraham Lincoln, disease, DNA
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