Researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden have uncovered a correlation between an increased risk of cancer among elderly men due to loss of the Y chromosome. While the loss of Y chromosome has long been considered part of the normal aging process, recent studies have shown that the "Y chromosome actually contains a large number of genes, whose jobs are not fully understood yet."
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Study mentioned: Forsberg L.A. et al. Mosaic loss of chromosome Y in peripheral blood is associated with shorter survival and higher risk of cancer. Nature Genetics, published online 28 Apr 2014.
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