EXERCISING may help slow the growth of cancer cells, say scientists from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, who measured the activity of ‘cytotoxic’ T cells – a type of white blood cell that kills cancer cells – in mice.
They found that these cells were more active in those allowed to do exercise than those having little or none.
They also looked at blood samples from eight men after exercise and found the same high levels of activity in the T cells.
They suggest the findings may shed light on how lifestyle impacts our immune system.
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