{"id":3295,"date":"2006-10-25T05:13:12","date_gmt":"2006-10-25T05:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diyhealth.com\/?p=3295"},"modified":"2020-05-15T16:21:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T10:51:25","slug":"red-hair-gene-may-be-the-main-culprit-behind-skin-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/globalhealthcare\/red-hair-gene-may-be-the-main-culprit-behind-skin-cancer","title":{"rendered":"'Red hair gene' may be the main culprit behind skin cancer!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Red hair gene<\/strong> may be the main culprit behind skin cancer<\/strong>. Dr. Jiali Han of Harvard Medical School in Boston and colleagues has given vent to this idea. However, they are not very sure about it.<\/p>\n

Genes<\/strong> that play an important role in skin pigmentation<\/strong> also play a decisive role in saving skin from the harsh ultraviolet rays<\/strong> of the sun.<\/p>

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Researchers found that the women with variants of 151Cys<\/strong> had 65 percent more chances of having skin caner. At the same time their risk of having BCC<\/strong> and SCC<\/strong> were 56 and 67 percent more, respectively.<\/p>\n

This study has also dragged out the idea that person’s MC1R<\/strong> variant may play an important role in determining his chances of having skin cancer.<\/p>\n

Scientists still need to dive deep into this study to reach the kernel of the conclusion.<\/p>\n

Image credit: wikimedia<\/p>\n

Via: msnbc <\/a><\/p>\n

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