Research From Roswell Park and Kaiser Permanente Supports Vitamin D Supplementation for Breast Cancer Patients
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center via Newswise – BUFFALO, N.Y. — The joint Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center/Kaiser Permanente Northern California team behind a new study…
Tomato Sauce Put to the Test for Prostate Cancer
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – What happened when cancer patients were given three quarters of a cup of canned tomato sauce every day…
Lycopene Supplements Put to the Test
Michael Greger M.D. FACLM via Nutrition Facts – High doses of lycopene—the red pigment in tomatoes—were put to the test to see if it could prevent…
Groundbreaking Study Optimizes Patient’s Own Immune System to Fight Tumors
University of Minnesota via News-Medical – A groundbreaking study led by engineering and medical researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities shows how engineered immune…
Scientists Discover How to Trick Cancer Cells to Consume Toxic Drugs
Massachusetts General Hospital via EurekAlert – BOSTON – New research led by a team at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) points to a promising strategy to boost…
Hydrogels Offer New Hope for Cancer Treatment
Tokyo University of Science via News-Medical – Hydrogels are often used as drug delivery systems, but to be effective carriers for anti-cancer drugs, they need to…
Cure for Deadly Brain Cancer May Be on Its Way
Brian Blum via Israel21c – Glioblastoma is a particularly aggressive form of brain cancer, accounting for half of all primary brain cancers. It has a 40…
Bacteria in Cancer Cells Can Be Harnessed to Fight Tumors
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – The immune system can find bacteria residing within cancer cells and harness them to provoke an immune reaction against…
Targeted Delivery of Highly Toxic Anti-Cancer Drug to Brain Tumors
University of Houston via EurekAlert – With a survival rate of only five years, the most common and aggressive form of primary brain tumor, glioblastoma multiforme,…
Cancer HELP: Slow Down the Growth of Tumor Cells with a “HOT” Food Choice
Karen Sanders via NaturalHealth365 – Did you know the heat you feel after biting into a hot chili pepper is good for you? The compound capsaicin…
Camel Antibodies Can Fight Prostate Cancer, Study Shows
Naama Barak via Israel21c – Researchers based in the desert extract nanobodies from camels that can be used to deliver drugs directly to cancerous cells.…
Researchers Identify New Drug Combination That Can Treat Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute via News-Medical Net – Scientists have identified two drugs that are potent against acute myeloid leukemia (AML) when combined, but…
Nanotechnology — Nanoparticles As Weapons Against Cancer
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat München via EurekAlert – Many chemotherapeutic agents used to treat cancers are associated with side-effects of varying severity, because they are toxic to normal cells…
Researchers Discover Protein Function That Could Improve Chemotherapy in the Future
University of Copenhagen the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences via EurekAlert – Chemotherapy attacks all cells in our body and not just cancer cells, which…
Could Beta-Blockers Be a Potential Treatment for COVID-19?
Interview conducted by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. via News-Medical Net – News-Medical spoke to researchers Dr. Nirmal Robinson, Dr. Vincenzo Desiderio, and Dr. Antonio Barbieri about their…