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Scientists Study a Small Population That Has Neither Cancer nor Diabetes

My left hand grabs the car seat, my right hand firmly clasps the handle above the passenger door inside our rented 4-by-4. We are bouncing our way up a deeply rutted road, passing banana trees and grazing donkeys. This is remote, rural southern Ecuador. A tropical Appalachia that until recently was cut off from the rest of the world. It seems the most unlikely of places to go in search of the cause of cancer, and maybe a cure. Behind the wheel of the 4-by-4 is Dr. Jaime Guevara, an... Full Story
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