Exercise May Restore Muscle’s Cancer-Fighting Mechanism, Study in Mice and Flies Shows Researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore found that healthy muscle releases microscopic packages called extracellular vesicles containing a molecule that slows tumor growth, according to a study published in Nature Communications. The molecule, miR-7a-5p, blocks a protein tumors rely on to multiply, the paper stated. Aged muscle loses the ability to produce these vesicles, the study found. Previous research has shown that exercise lowers cancer risk. A study led by Dr. Sam Orange of Newcastle University, published in the International Journal of Cancer, found that 10 minutes…

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