On: Ironclad link between red meat and cancer identified

[adrian_b]

Why has this been flagged?

The research paper "Iron-(Fe3+)-Dependent Reactivation of Telomerase Drives Colorectal Cancers" seems perfectly legit and it solves a well-known mystery.

The actual research paper:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11450372/

[willy_k → adrian_b]

My guess would be the misleading nature of the “ironclad” in the title, it being a pun on the mechanism of the link rather than a claim as to the strength of the link.