News for Immediate Release Contact: Chris Hollenback, (608)262-3902 ch3@ctri.wisc.edu Toni Morrissey, (608)263-3223 tmorrissey@uwhealth.org Two UW professors chosen for prestigious new grant program in cancer research MADISON — The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has …
Month: July 2015
Study: Genetics Factor into Nicotine Metabolism, Smoking Levels, and Cancer Risk
A recent paper on genetics in the journal PLOS ONE offered more clues regarding why smokers quit or continue smoking. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), pronounced “snip,” is a variation of a gene that can …