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Fox Chase Cancer Center (US) team reports direct evidence showing that expression of a key tumor suppressor protein induces premature aging in mice. Cancer risk increases with age, and scientists have long perceived a possible evolutionary tradeoff between longer lifespan and greater risk of cancer. Now, researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center find direct evidence …
Yale University (US) team finds that stress — in the form of physical stress, emotional stress, infections, inflammation, and more – may induce signals that cause cells to develop into tumors. Until now, most researchers believed that more than one cancer-causing mutation needed to take place in a single cell in order for tumors to …