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Chernobyl Behind Him, Student Takes on Cancer
By LISA W. FODERARO
Published: May 24, 2011
STONY BROOK, N.Y. ? Yan Leyfman was born in Belarus in 1989, three years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. His family lived only about 75 miles from the nuclear plant, and as a toddler, Mr. Leyfman had a constellation of mysterious symptoms: cysts that covered his entire body, fingernails that fell out, limbs that were swollen and skin that itched torturously.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/n...oal.html?_r=1&smid=tw-nytimeshealth&seid=auto
By LISA W. FODERARO
Published: May 24, 2011
STONY BROOK, N.Y. ? Yan Leyfman was born in Belarus in 1989, three years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. His family lived only about 75 miles from the nuclear plant, and as a toddler, Mr. Leyfman had a constellation of mysterious symptoms: cysts that covered his entire body, fingernails that fell out, limbs that were swollen and skin that itched torturously.
more..
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/n...oal.html?_r=1&smid=tw-nytimeshealth&seid=auto