“This plays a critical role in the development of various diseases, such as cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, metabolic diseases and cancer.”
Vaping damages people’s DNA – just like conventional cigarettes, warns new research.
The chemical alterations – called epigenetic changes – can cause genes to malfunction.
They are found in nearly all types of cancer as well as other serious diseases. A similar pattern was identified between e-cig users and conventional smokers.
Lead author Professor Ahmad Besaratinia, of the University of Southern California, said: “Our study, for the first time, investigates the biological effects of vaping in adult e-cigarette users, while simultaneously accounting for their past smoking exposure.
“Our data indicate that vaping, much like smoking, is associated with dysregulation of mitochondrial genes and disruption of molecular pathways involved in immunity and the inflammatory response, which govern health versus disease state.”
Neil Shaw – Wales Online – 2021-11-23.
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