Contact: Michael C. Purdy purdym@wustl.edu 314-286-0122 Washington University School of Medicine Cancer cells’ appetite for sugar may have serious consequences for immune cell function, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have learned. The scientists found that… Read More ›
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Researchers abuzz over caffeine as cancer-cell killer
UAlberta research team uses caffeine and fruit flies to pinpoint genetic pathways that guide DNA repair in cancer cells. Posted by News Staff April 17, 2013 Images showing the normal eye of a fruit fly (left), versus the disfigured… Read More ›
Indian plant could play key role in death of cancer cells
Contact: Danielle Moores dwongmoores@yahoo.com 706-496-5956 Georgia Health Sciences University AUGUSTA, Ga. – Scientists at the Georgia Regents University Cancer Center have identified an Indian plant, used for centuries to treat inflammation, fever and malaria, that could help kill cancer cells…. Read More ›
Mango effective in preventing, stopping certain colon, breast cancer cells
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Kathleen Phillips ka-phillips@tamu.edu 979-845-2872 Texas A&M AgriLife Communications COLLEGE STATION – Mango. If you know little about this fruit, understand this: It’s been found to prevent or stop certain colon and breast cancer… Read More ›
Unlocking the body’s defenses against cancer : ‘kinase inhibitors’ cancerous cells in a flask the diseased cells stopped multiplying and began acting like normal cells again
Contact: Aeron Haworth aeron.haworth@manchester.ac.uk 44-161-275-8383 University of Manchester Scientists have discovered a way of allowing healthy cells to take charge of cancerous cells and stop them developing into tumours in what could provide a new approach to treating early-stage cancers…. Read More ›
Powerful magnets that cause cancer cells to ‘self-destruct’ could offer targeted treatment for tumours
By Anna Hodgekiss PUBLISHED:06:40 EST, 8 October 2012| UPDATED:10:02 EST, 8 October 2012 Magnets that cause tumours to ‘self-destruct’ could be a revolutionary new weapon in the fight against cancer. Scientists in South Korea have developed the method, which uses… Read More ›
UC Davis researchers discover Achilles’ heel in pancreatic cancer
2008 study posted for filing Contact: Karen Finney karen.finney@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu 916-734-9064 University of California – Davis Health System Starving cancer cells of arginine cuts proliferation in half UC Davis Cancer Center researchers have discovered a metabolic deficiency in pancreatic cancer cells… Read More ›
Common cancer treatments may create dangerous cancer stem cells
By Charles Q. Choi Published September 27, 2012| MyHealthNewsDaily Radiation therapy and chemotherapy aimed at killing cancer cells may have the undesirable effect of helping to create cancer stem cells, which are thought to be particularly adept at generating… Read More ›
Wormwood ( Artemesia ) may hold key to non-toxic Cancer and Leukemia treatment
Reposted at Request from 26-Nov-2001 Contact: Rob Harrill rharrill@u.washington.edu 206-543-2580 University of Washington Two bioengineering researchers at the University of Washington have discovered a promising potential treatment for cancer among the ancient arts of Chinese folk medicine. Research Professor Henry… Read More ›
Virus kills breast cancer cells in laboratory
A nondisease-causing virus kills human breast cancer cells in the laboratory, creating opportunities for potential new cancer therapies, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers who tested the virus on three different breast cancer types that represent the multiple… Read More ›
Citrus compounds called limonoids targeted and stopped neuroblastoma cells in the lab.
Contact: Kathleen Phillips ka-phillips@tamu.edu 979-845-2872 Texas A&M AgriLife Communications Citrus shows promise for certain childhood cancer COLLEGE STATION – Orange juice and cancer don’t mix. In fact, the popular citrus drink could become a cocktail to prevent or stop the… Read More ›
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