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Long Telomere Length Associated with Increased Lung Cancer Risk

“The large-scale genetic study, conducted at the University of Chicago Medical Center, looked at the link between telomere length and risk for five common cancers. No significant associations between telomere length and other cancer types or subtypes were observed.”

The findings were published in Human Molecular Genetics in July, 2015.

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