Alcohol can cause irreversible genetic damage to stem cells, says study – The Guardian
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Alcohol can cause irreversible genetic damage to stem cells, says study
The Guardian “How exactly alcohol causes damage to us is controversial,” said Prof Ketan Patel, who led the work at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge. “This paper provides very strong evidence that an alcohol metabolite causes DNA damage … How alcohol damages stem cell DNA and increases cancer risk Damage to stem–cell DNA may explain link between alcohol and cancer Drinking alcohol raises risk of cancer by snapping DNA, scientists find |
