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Mitochondria mutations that may combat cancer
Friday April 9th 2021
Mitochondrial DNA mutations found in cancer tumours are linked to improved chances of survival, researchers have found.
The discovery has created a puzzle for scientists to establish what the has caused the mutations and what their role is. But Cancer Research UK scientists said they were optimistic it would open the way to new therapies.
Researchers at the Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute in Glasgow, UK, and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, USA, have found that patients with colorectal cancer had a 57% to 93% lower mortality risk from their cancer, depending on the type of mitochondrial DNA mutation.
Sun but not vitamin D may reduce COVID risk
Friday April 9th 2021
Exposure to sun may have helped reduce mortality from COVID-19 – but vitamin D is probably not the explanation, according to a new UK study published today. More
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