Regular Sleep Habits can Save You from Cancer

Under conditions of stress, hematopoetic stem cells are driven into a state of rapid cell division in order to produce new blood cells and repair damaged tissue. Conditions of stress such as chronic blood loss or infection triggered the stem cells. The study was conducted at German Cancer Research Center. Dr. Michael Milsom, leader of the study, said that their theory was that this state of dormancy protected hematopoietic stem cells from DNA damage and, therefore, ...