Jump to full article: PA News / Ananova (uk), 2002-07-09
Intro: Smokers triple their risk of lung cancer if they have a particular faulty gene.
German researchers found that a quarter of patients with the most common form of lung cancer carry a defective version of the gene, which plays a role in keeping the airways clear.
By contrast, only 9% of healthy people had the gene variant.
The scientists, from the Philipps-University of Marburg, studied 117 lung cancer patients, almost all of whom were or had been smokers. . .
The findings showed that one version of the surfactant protein B gene, which is essential for normal lung function, was significantly more widespread among the lung cancer patients.
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