Eczema sufferers have lower skin cancer risk (The Telegraph)

Eczema sufferers may have less chance of developing skin cancer, new research suggests.

Experts at King's College London found the immune response triggered by the skin condition could stop tumours forming by shedding potentially cancerous cells.

Genetically engineered mice lacking three skin proteins - known as "knock-out" mice - were used to replicate some of the skin defects found in eczema sufferers.

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