Excerpt: The ‘Secret Jews’ of San Luis Valley
Monday, October 27th, 2008Smithsonian Magazine
In Colorado, the gene linked to a virulent form of breast cancer found mainly in Jewish women is discovered in Hispanic Catholics
By Jeff Wheelwright Smithsonian magazine, October 2008
One September day in 2001, Teresa Castellano, Lisa Mullineaux, Jeffrey Shaw and Lisen Axell were having lunch in Denver. Genetic counselors from nearby hospitals and specialists in inherited cancers, the four [...]
