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Otzi Iceman Cancer Cure
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Scientists unlocking the DNA secrets of 5,300-year-old prehistoric iceman Otzi say he could hold the key to finding cures for conditions like cancer and Alzheimer's. Otzi - found perfectly preserved in ice on the Italian Alps nearly 20 years ago - is to undergo the same modern biomedical gene mapping that revealed the centuries' old secrets of Egypt's King Tutankhamun. Scientists from an international team say the study could reveal how modern diseases are triggered by the victims' genes. Albert Zink - head of the Institute for Mummies and the Iceman at the European Academy of Bolzano in northern Italy - said they may also find modern descendants of Otzi. "What I find especially interesting is investigating the disease history of Otzi. With a little luck, maybe we can make a contribution to doing something about these diseases. "For me, that would be the bridge between researching the past and the present," he said announcing the results . Scientists already know that Ice Age huntsman Otzi was about 46-years-old when he died. He had been struck by an arrow and then apparently bludgeoned to death. His mummified corpse was found by German tourists Helmut and Erika Simon in 1991 in the Schnalstal glacier on the border between Austria and Italy.
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