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Good news for former smokers
As scientists say the lungs can heal itself from damage caused by smoking
The human lungs is said to have an almost "magical" ability to repair some of the damage caused by smoking, according to scientists, but only when you stop smoking.
The mutations that lead to lung cancer had been previously considered to be permanent, and to persist even after quitting, but new research says this is no longer the case.
And Updates on the Coronavirus as Cameroonians stranded in Wuhan, the provincial capital of the Hubei province of China, are calling on their government to come to their rescue as the deadly coronavirus continues to spread.
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