Genetic variation linked to longer telomeres and lower risk of bladder cancer

Sunday, April 3, 2011 - 07:40 in Health & Medicine

Using new genetic information, scientists have linked a commonly found human genetic variant with both longer telomeres and reduced risk of bladder cancer, according to findings presented at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held April 2-6, and simultaneously published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research...

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