{"id":75796,"date":"2018-02-06T16:02:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T00:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/our-aging-immune-system-explains-cancer-not-genetic-mutations-says-new-study"},"modified":"2018-02-06T16:02:29","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T00:02:29","slug":"our-aging-immune-system-explains-cancer-not-genetic-mutations-says-new-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/our-aging-immune-system-explains-cancer-not-genetic-mutations-says-new-study","title":{"rendered":"Our aging immune system explains cancer, not genetic mutations says new study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/our-aging-immune-system-explains-cancer-not-genetic-mutations-says-new-study.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new study says that our aging immune system plays a larger role in explaining cancer than genetic mutations. The new findings support the idea of rejuvenating the thymus \u2014 an essential immune system organ \u2014 as a strategy to prevent cancer.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<em>Summary: A new study says that our aging immune system plays a larger role in explaining cancer than genetic mutations. The new findings support the idea of rejuvenating the thymus \u2013 an essential immune system organ \u2013 as a strategy to prevent cancer. [This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/longevityfacts.com\/about\/\"> LongevityFacts<\/a>. Author: <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/+BCHartman\">Brady Hartman.<\/a> ]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A new study suggests that our aging immune system plays a larger role in cancer than previously thought, challenging the conventional notion that genetic mutations are the primary driver of tumors.<\/p>\n<p>The research suggests that the key to cancer prevention and treatment may lie in bolstering the immune system, using techniques such as <a href=\"http:\/\/longevityfacts.com\/restore-thymus-function-death-regrow-thymus-hgh-dhea\/\">restoring thymus function<\/a>, rather than addressing genetic mutations. The genetic mutations that occur as the result of <a href=\"http:\/\/longevityfacts.com\/dna-repair-dna-damage-theory-aging-how-our-dna-kills-us\/\">DNA damage<\/a> are the current focus of most anti-cancer efforts throughout the world. These new findings could have significant implications for the fight against cancer if borne out by additional studies.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/longevityfacts.com\/aging-immune-system-cancer-genetic-mutations-study\/\">http:\/\/longevityfacts.com\/aging-immune-system-cancer-genetic-mutations-study\/<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study says that our aging immune system plays a larger role in explaining cancer than genetic mutations. The new findings support the idea of rejuvenating the thymus \u2014 an essential immune system organ \u2014 as a strategy to prevent cancer. Summary: A new study says that our aging immune system plays a larger [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":446,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,412,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-genetics","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/446"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75796\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}