Using indoor tanning bed before the age of 35 can increase your risk of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, by 59 percent. The risk increases with each use. Research demonstrates that even people who do not burn after indoor tanning or sun exposure are at an increased risk of melanoma if they tan indoors; therefore, exposure to the radiation emitted by tanning beds can cause skin cancer. This cancer is the direct result of a:

a) mutation in a protein
b) mutation in the genetic material
c) change in fat molecule
d) change in a starch molecule