Strange colon discovery explains racial disparities in colorectal cancer: One side of the colon ages faster than the other, scientists reveal – Science Daily

The colons of African-Americans and people of European descent age differently, new research reveals, helping explain racial disparities in colorectal cancer — the cancer that killed beloved “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman at only 43.Scientists led by UVA Health’s Li Li, MD, PhD; Graham Casey, PhD; and Matt Devall, PhD, of the Center for Public Health Genomics, found that one side of the colon ages biologically faster than the other in both African-Americans and people of European descent….

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