Thursday, April 07, 2022

Exercise shown to release protein reducing bowel cancer risk

 

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/949052

 

 News Release 7-Apr-2022
Peer-Reviewed Publication
Newcastle University

 

Experts have identified for the first time exactly how exercise can lower your risk of getting bowel cancer and slow the growth of tumours.

Scientists at Newcastle University have shown that physical activity causes the cancer-fighting protein, interleukin-6 (IL-6), to be released into the bloodstream which helps repair the DNA of damaged cells.

The findings, published in the International Journal of Cancer, sheds new light on the importance of moderate activity in the fight against the life-threatening illness and could help develop treatments in the future.

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