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Redheads more prone to skin cancer

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Red hair, red skin?
Duke University researchers on Sunday reported the first direct evidence that differences in melanin, the skin pigment that darkens with sun exposure to provide either a tan or freckles, may be a culprit. It turns out that redheads' melanin is more vulnerable to a type of DNA-damaging stress from the sun's ultraviolet rays.