Study suggests cancer risk may be established before birth

(Newswise) — GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A person’s lifetime risk for cancer may begin before they are even born, reports a paradigm-shifting study by Van Andel Institute scientists. The findings, published in Nature Cancer, identified two distinct epigenetic states that arise during development and are linked to cancer risk. One of these states is associated […] The post Study suggests cancer risk may be established before birth appeared first on North Dallas Gazette.