Millions of Brits could be ‘cancer resistant’ and discovery could help find a cure

MILLIONS of people may be “cancer-resistant”, according to experts.

Scientists are being offering up to £20million to work out why some are tumour-proof.

Royal SocietyProf Karen Vousden said: ‘We spend an awful lot of time thinking about why people do get cancer but we haven’t really thought about why some people don’t’[/caption]

About one in two Brits get cancer but tumours do not develop in everyone who would be expected to get one, such as heavy smokers.

Prof Karen Vousden...