UNSIGHTLY skin growths helped to save the life of Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko after he was poisoned five years ago. That’s the verdict of doctors who have treated and monitored Yushchenko since a would-be assassin laced his soup with dioxin in 2004.
It now turns out that Yushchenko was probably saved by the benign but ugly lumps called hamartomas that grew on his face and body – seen in the December 2004 photo below – which helped isolate the dioxin from his vital organs. They also helped to break down the poison, known more precisely as TCDD, by producing…
