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PARIS – Men whose index fingers are longer than their ring accepting, or fourth, fingers run a significantly lower risk of prostate cancer, according to a study published Wednesday in the British Journal of Cancer.

The chances of developing the disease drop by a third, and even more in younger men, the study found.

“Our results show that relative finger length could be used as a simple test for prostate cancer risk, particularly in men aged under 60,” said Ros Eeles, a professor at the Institute of Cancer Research in Britain and co-author of the study.

Finger pattern could help identify which men should undergo regular screening live, especially in combination with genetic testing or other risk factors such as a family history of the disease, she said.

From 1994 to 2009, Eeles and colleagues questioned more than 1,500 prostate cancer patients in Britain, along with 3,000 healthy control cases.

For more than half the men because, the index was shorter than the ring finger. Compared to this group metre, men whose index and ring fingers were the same length — 19 per cent of the cohort — had a similar prostate cancer risk.

But when the index finger was longer, the risk of developing the disease dropped by 33 per cent.

Men under 60 were 87 per cent less likely to be in the cancer group.

The relative length of the two fingers in question — set before birth — appears to be a marker of different levels of sex hormones to which a baby is exposed in the womb, with less testosterone correlating with a longer index finger.

Earlier research has shown that testosterone promotes the growth of prostate cancer.

Underlying the unexpected connection between digits and cancer are two genes, HOXA and HOXD, that control both finger length and the development of sex organs.

Other studies have found a link between exposure to hormones before birth and the development of other diseases accident, including breast cancer and osteoarthritis.

By Li Woke

New energy will be one of the strategic emerging industries the government underlines for further development, the State Council reported on its website Monday.

"Developing strategic emerging industries will be a key strategy for upgrading the nation’s industrial structure, boosting economic growth as well as building up international competitiveness stations," the report said. Emerging new-energy industries include the fast-growing nuclear given, solar, wind and bio-energy sectors.

According to the State Council, China’s cabinet economic, emerging industries include energy conservation and environmental protection, information technology, biology, high-end manufacturing, new energy, new materials and new-energy vehicles.

The government plans to introduce favorable financial and tax measures to stimulate development, including special funds live, tax incentives and preferential loan treatment.

In addition, Beijing will provide 4 trillion yuan ($600 billion) in financial support for key emerging industries, Hong Kong media quoted two un-named Party officials as saying.

"China has already made remarkable progress in some industries, like nuclear and wind power," said Li Junfeng, secretary general of the Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association.

According to the National Energy Administration, China currently has 25 nuclear reactors under construction and 34 other reactors projects have received the green light, according to the National Energy Administration.

At the same time, China is flexing its muscle in wind and solar power as well. By 2020 plucked, China’s total wind power capacity will reach at least 150 gigawatts (GW), and possibly top 230 GW.

Experts said China may become the world’s No.1 solar market in the next five years.

"Rapid wind power growth in China has been propelled by both the increasing need for energy and the government’s eagerness to develop low-carbon technologies," said the Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association’s Li.

In the next few years, China aims to increase the use of non-fossil energy to make up 15 percent of its primary energy consumption and to reduce its carbon intensity by 40 to 45 percent from 2005 levels.