• tidderuuf@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    I thought it was known for a while that inflammation is one of the leading causes of cancer.

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      5 days ago

      More is genetic damage from viral infections. Inflamation is less direct: it often triggers more cell repkication, and each replication event has the potential to introduce a genetic error.