Genes linked with sunburn, skin cancer risk found
PARIS: Certain genes can determine which people are more at risk of getting sunburnt, and possibly develop skin cancer as a result, scientists said Tuesday.
In a trawl of the genetics of nearly 180,000 people of European ancestry in Britain, Australia, the Netherlands and United States, researchers found 20 sunburn genes.
Eight of the genes had been associated with skin cancer in previous research, according to findings published in the journal Nature Communications.
And in at least one region of the genome, "we…