A genetic link between red hair, freckles and skin cancer

Wednesday, July 13, 2016 - 15:46 in Biology & Nature

Whether you call them gingers, the devil’s spawn or just-plain sexy, be sure to call redheads out of the sun because along with their fiery tresses comes a powerful propensity to develop melanoma, a particularly deadly form of skin cancer. And now, scientists are beginning to uncover why redheads...

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