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Strange colon discovery explains racial disparities in colorectal cancer – EurekAlert

The colons of African-Americans and people of European descent age differently, new research reveals, helping explain racial disparities in colorectal cancer -…

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IMAGE: UVA Health’s Li Li, MD, and colleagues found that one side of the colon ages biologically faster than the other in both African-Americans and people of European descent. In African-Americans,…
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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…

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