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Loss of hair pigmentation, going gray, has been associated with activation of innate immune system and viral infection, in response to serious illness or chronic stress. Researchers claim to have been able to discover connections between genes which contribute to hair colour and genes which notify bodies of pathogenic infection, as published in the journal …
Research on mice suggests that chronic stress may fuel the progression of breast cancer Scientists have suspected for some time that chronic stress promotes cancer growth in humans. New research suggests that this may well be true. Erica Sloan, a researcher at UCLAs Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, and colleagues studied the effect …