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- A Newcastle University study finds that 10 minutes of exercise protects against bowel cancer by triggering changes that raise proteins linked to reduced inflammation and improved metabolism.
- The study analyzed blood samples from 30 overweight men before and after cycling.
- Exercise altered 1,364 genes related to DNA repair and cancer cell growth.
- Dr. Sam Orange of Newcastle University led the study and notes therapies that mimic exercise's cellular repair.
