The Cancer-Protective Properties Of Milk
10/08/2012
Milk consumption has been linked to improved health, with decreased risks of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and colon cancer. A group of scientists in Sweden found that lactoferricin4-14 (Lfcin4-14), a milk protein with known health effects, significantly reduces the growth rate of colon cancer cells over time by prolonging the period of the cell cycle before chromosomes are replicated...
Multi-Tasking Clot-Busting Enzymes
10/08/2012
The body's blood clot-busting enzymes are much busier than previously imagined, with new research showing that they also dispose of every cell that dies prematurely from disease or trauma...
Important Advance Towards Understanding The Mechanisms Of Colon Cancer Progression
10/08/2012
Researchers from IMIM, Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute, have succeeded in determining the function of a new variant of enzyme IKKalpha (IKKα) to activate some of the genes taking part in the tumor progressions of colorectal cancer...
Early Mouth Cancer Risk Detected By New Gene Test
10/08/2012
Researchers from Queen Mary, University of London have developed a new gene test that can detect pre-cancerous cells in patients with benign-looking mouth lesions. The test could potentially allow at-risk patients to receive earlier treatment, significantly improving their chance of survival...
More than 40 percent of older breast cancer survivors are insufficiently active after leaving a supervised program. But new research shows that those women who developed behavioral skills such as self-confidence and motivation during their program were far more likely to continue exercising on their own...
Scientists at USC have discovered a new type of drug for the treatment of ovarian cancer that works in a way that should not only decrease the number of doses that patients need to take, but also may make it effective for patients whose cancer has become drug-resistant...
The Cancer-Protective Properties Of Milk
10/08/2012
Milk consumption has been linked to improved health, with decreased risks of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and colon cancer. A group of scientists in Sweden found that lactoferricin4-14 (Lfcin4-14), a milk protein with known health effects, significantly reduces the growth rate of colon cancer cells over time by prolonging the period of the cell cycle before chromosomes are replicated...
A Faulty Embryonic Gene-Silencing Mechanism May Lead To Cancer
10/08/2012
Many types of cancer could originate from a mechanism that cells use to silence genes; this process, which is essential in embryonic development, might be accidentally reactivated in tumor cells, according to EPFL scientists There are some genes that are only activated in the very first days of an embryo's existence...
Chemical Found In Many Plastics Linked To Multiple Health Threats
10/08/2012
Bisphenol A or BPA is a synthetic chemical widely used in the making of plastic products ranging from bottles and food can linings to toys and water supply lines. When these plastics degrade, BPA is released into the environment and routinely ingested...
New Research Presented By Army Surgeons On Cancer Vaccine, Colorectal Surgery
10/08/2012
U.S. Army surgeons exhibited new research findings in two poster presentations at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress...