Childhood leukemia: how a deadly cancer became treatable - Our World in Data

Last Updated: 01.07.2025 15:17

Childhood leukemia: how a deadly cancer became treatable - Our World in Data

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Before the 1970s, most children affected by leukemia would quickly die from it. Now, most children in rich countries are cured.

Childhood leukemia: how a deadly cancer became treatable

Could humans be selectively bred, like dogs, to create 2 subspecies that can no longer have offspring? Do I not understand selective breeding properly? Im not worried about the moral implications, just the science please.