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Free radicals: definition, cause, and role in cancer
Medically reviewed by Marla Anderson, MD Key Takeaways Free radicals are unstable molecules that can damage DNA, leading to ...
A free radical is a molecule that has lost an electron from one or more of its atoms. Electrons are much more stable in pairs, so an oxygen atom with only one electron (a free radical) will ...
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