How alcohol damages DNA & Risk of cancer

Maybe I need to re-think that second glass of red wine. Some researchers in England have now conducted a study in mice to study how alcohol damages our DNA and can increase the risk of cancer. Experts say the mechanisms linking alcohol to DNA damage are the same in mice and men, and earlier studies have shown strong links between alcohol and certain cancers in humans. The International Agency for Cancer Research classes alcohol consumption as carcinogenic to humans. But how did alcohol do the damage?

A study was published in the journal Nature that took a look …read more