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Smoking Erases Y Chromosome in Men - Shorter Life Span and Increased Cancer Risk
Posted on 12/6/14 at 4:07 pm
Posted on 12/6/14 at 4:07 pm
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A new study has found a link between smoking in men and Y chromosome loss - a mutation that has been shown previously to cause cancer. Because men are the only ones with a Y chromosome, the research could also help us to understand why aging men - smokers or not - are affected by and die from most known types of cancer at a much higher rate than women.
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When you smoke, you’re not just putting yourself at risk of developing lung cancer, especially if you're a male. Statistics have shown that male smokers are more likely to develop other forms of cancer elsewhere in the body than female smokers, and a new study has suggested that this has to do with the way smoking affects the Y chromosome - a complex of DNA and tiny molecules that influence sex determination and sperm production in men.
Smoking is a highly intelligent habit [/sarcasm]
Posted on 12/6/14 at 4:09 pm to LateArrivalforLSU
so your saying... smoking is bad for you?
Gamechanger
Gamechanger
Posted on 12/6/14 at 4:10 pm to LateArrivalforLSU
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LateArrivalforLSU
Late arriving to something else as well...
Posted on 12/6/14 at 4:13 pm to LateArrivalforLSU
Better to lose a chromosome than to gain one
Posted on 12/6/14 at 4:16 pm to HeadChange
Men work harder than women, have more responsibility and expose themselves to more carcinogens while working. That's why cancer rates are higher in men. That study sucks.
Posted on 12/6/14 at 4:49 pm to Sparkplug#1
Beer also erases the Y chromosome. They did a study where 100 men drank 12 beers each. All 100 subjects became overly emotional, lost the ability to parallel park, and talked without making any sense
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Posted on 12/6/14 at 6:03 pm to HeadChange
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Better to lose a chromosome than to gain one
This is debatable. You can live alright with Klinefelter's syndrome (XXY) or syndromes with other added sex chromosomes (XXX, XXXX, XYY). Turner's Syndrome (XO) sufferers can live healthy lives too. But there are definitely more cases where gaining a chromosome doesn't result in devastating effects than there are of losing a chromosome.
Posted on 12/6/14 at 8:08 pm to cwil177
quote:Most guys with this don't even know they have it.
You can live alright with Klinefelter's syndrome (XXY)
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Turner's Syndrome (XO) sufferers can live healthy lives too.
I think we had a girl at my high school with this.
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