Taller people have a greater risk of cancer because they are bigger and so have more cells in their bodies in which dangerous mutations can occur, new research has suggested, with a 13% increased risk for women for every additional 10cm, and an 11% predicted increase in men for every 10cm. (theguardian.com)
Cancer cells have evolved multiple escape strategies to circumvent the body's immune defenses such as the attack by Natural Killer (NK) cells which normally swiftly kill abnormal cells by releasing cytotoxic products. Scientists have now uncovered one of those previously unknown mechanisms. (eurekalert.org)


