SCIENTISTS are hailing a breakthrough in research into bowel cancer after a study found high iron levels may explain why eating red meat raises the risk of the disease.
Iron may interact with a faulty gene in the gut to trigger cancer, according to the latest discovery by experts, including a team at the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research in Glasgow.
The discovery could lead to new treatments.
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