{"id":89607,"date":"2019-04-17T00:42:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T07:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/scientists-reveal-connection-between-cancer-and-human-evolution"},"modified":"2019-04-17T00:42:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T07:42:25","slug":"scientists-reveal-connection-between-cancer-and-human-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/scientists-reveal-connection-between-cancer-and-human-evolution","title":{"rendered":"Scientists reveal connection between cancer and human evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have discovered that gene mutations that once helped humans survive may increase the possibility for diseases, including cancer.<\/p>\n<p>The findings were recently the cover story in the journal <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/genome\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">Genome<\/a> Research.<\/p>\n<p>The team of researchers from BGU\u2019s National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev (NIBN) set out to look for mutations in the genome of the <a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/tags\/mitochondria\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">mitochondria<\/a>, a part of every cell responsible for energy production that is passed exclusively from mothers to their children. The mitochondria are essential to every cell\u2019s survival and our ability to perform the functions of living.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/news\/2009-07-scientists-reveal-cancer-human-evolution.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\">Read more<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have discovered that gene mutations that once helped humans survive may increase the possibility for diseases, including cancer. The findings were recently the cover story in the journal Genome Research. The team of researchers from BGU\u2019s National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev (NIBN) set out to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,385,412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-evolution","category-genetics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89607","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\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89607\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}