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Finding may explain link between alcohol and certain cancer What is this ?

 
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 07, 2005 11:00 pm    Post subject: Finding may explain link between alcohol and certain cancer Reply with quote
Drinking alcoholic beverages has been linked to an increased risk of upper gastrointestinal cancer and other cancers. Researchers looking for the potential biochemical basis for this link have focused on acetaldehyde, a suspected carcinogen formed as the body metabolizes alcohol. In the journal Nucleic Acids Research, scientists from the NIAAA and NIST report that polyamines react with acetaldehyde to trigger a series of reactions that damage DNA, which can lead to the formation of cancer.

[url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-08/nioa-fme080305.php]Read more...[/url]
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