Study Explains Why Most Smokers Never Get to Develop Lung Cancer
Newly published research has uncovered why most smokers don’t develop lung cancer even after years or even decades of consuming tobacco. Even though tobacco is one of the main causes of lung cancer, containing various chemicals that can trigger the disease by damaging DNA, only a small number of smokers actually develop the deadly condition. According to researchers, some cigarette smokers seem to possess certain defense systems that prevent them from developing lung cancer even as they continue to expose themselves to tobacco. Conducted by Albert Einstein College of Medicine researchers and published in the journal Nature Genetics, the study…
