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Cardiovascular Disease
Data from University of Genoa, Department of Health Sciences advance knowledge in cardiovascular disease
November 2nd, 2008
New research, 'Exposure of mice to cigarette smoke and/or light causes DNA alterations in heart and aorta,' is the subject of a report. "Cigarette smoke (CS) is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and other chronic degenerative diseases. UV-containing light is the most ubiquitous DNA-damaging agent existing in nature, but its possible role in cardiovascular diseases had never been suspected before, although it is known that mortality for cardiovascular diseases is increased during periods with high temperature and solar irradiation," scientists writing in the journal Mutation Research report. "We evaluated whether exposure of Swiss CD-1 mice...
Source: Disease Risk Factor Week (2008-11-02)
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