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Aug 10, 2015

How Does Chronic Inflammation Lead To Cancer?

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Although inflammation has rather a bad reputation, it is a vital process which allows us to effectively fight off infection. Like many things however, there appears to be a balancing act, and when inflammation becomes maladaptive and persistent — it does more harm than good.


It seems that in the process of destroying adversaries, immune responses can create collateral damage which can set the stage for later cancerous developments.

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