Coffee's Cancer Reducing Effect "Explained" Via Mouse Study.

[HuckleB]

It's just one study, and it's, well, just one study, but I have to hope that caffeine does good! ;)

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/08/17/3295499.htm

"Coffee has been shown to reduce the risk of skin cancer by helping kill off damaged cells that could otherwise turn into tumours, according to a US study.

The findings indicate that moderate caffeine drinking, or perhaps even applying coffee to the skin, could be useful in warding off non-melanoma cancer, the most commonly diagnosed of all skin cancers.

Using mice that had been genetically altered to suppress a protein enzyme called ATR, researchers showed that the mice were able to fend off cancer even when exposed to ultraviolet light.

Previous studies have suggested that drinking about a cup of caffeinated coffee per day has the effect of suppressing ATR and triggering the die-off of cells harmed by UV rays.

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:donut:

[TwilightGardener]

1. That's good, but I wish it worked for melanoma. The lesser forms of

skin cancer are rarely fatal, they're usually cured by removal. Either way, makes me feel better about my daily pot.

[HuckleB]

2. Indeed.

[ocd liberal]

3. I feel better now too about MY daily pot

and my other daily pot.....

[bemildred]

4. I knew it!!!

:-)

[flamingdem]

5. viva cafe! nt