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Feb 8, 2018

Cancer Risk Rises as The Thymus Shrinks

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

We wanted to bring your attention to an open-access publication in which the researchers suggest that the age-related decline of the thymus is more important than DNA mutation as a cancer risk factor[1].

Repairing the damage

As we have discussed in this article, cancer is caused by DNA damage that creates mutations. Damage to our DNA happens all the time, and we have various repair systems in place for it.

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