A mutant gene formerly found to help defend the lungs against toxins may also be connected to lung cancer and several hereditary cases of a life threatening lung disease affecting older adults, according to a new study.
Mutations in the SFTPA2 gene have been analyzed in people with the inherited adaptation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or [...]

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A new study finds the chances of developing cancer after 65, and not surprisingly reckons lack of physical activity and tobacco use the usual suspects in promoting cancer, but not alcohol consumption, as this Duke University study explains.
The study is expected to be presented at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting on cancer [...]

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