Gray Hair May Signal Natural Cancer Protection, Study Finds
TL;DR
Emerging research suggests that grey hair may be an outward sign of the body's protective response against cancer, with damaged melanocyte stem cells either undergoing differentiation and disappearing (causing grey hair) or bypassing this process and potentially leading to melanoma, highlighting a complex link between aging, cellular damage, and cancer risk.
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