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Acetaldehyde Formed After Alcohol Consumption Damages DNA, May Increase Risk Of Cancer
Aug 24, 2012
Almost 30 years after discovery of a link between alcohol consumption and certain forms of cancer, scientists are reporting the first evidence from research on people explaining how the popular beverage may be carcinogenic... Read More
Antifungal Drug Thiabendazole Offers Inexpensive Cancer Therapy Alternative
Aug 23, 2012
During investigations into the relationship between yeast, frogs, mice and humans, researchers from Texas University's College of Natural Sciences have discovered that an inexpensive antifungal drug called thiabendazole, slows tumor growth and could potentially be used as chemotherapy for cancer treatment. The study was published the PLoS Biology... Read More
Researchers Find Cancer-Causing Agent In Chewing Tobacco
Aug 23, 2012
Approximately 9 million people in the U.S. use chewing tobacco, snuff or other related products. Now researchers have identified a strong oral carcinogen substance in smokeless tobacco. The teams findings are reported at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society. Stephen Hecht, Ph.D... Read More
Strong Oral Carcinogen Identified In Smokeless Tobacco
Aug 23, 2012
Scientists have reported identification of the first substance in smokeless tobacco that is a strong oral carcinogen - a health risk for the 9 million users of chewing tobacco, snuff and related products in the U.S. - and called upon the federal government to regulate or ban the substance... Read More
Patients With Early-Stage Follicular Lymphoma Have Many Options, Good Outcomes
Aug 23, 2012
A University of Rochester Medical Center study challenges treatment guidelines for early stage follicular lymphoma, concluding that six different therapies can bring a remission, particularly if the patient is carefully examined and staged at diagnosis... Read More
"Antibody-Recruiting Molecules" Being Developed To Aid The Body's Natural Disease-Fighting Proteins
Aug 23, 2012
Like recruiters pitching military service to a throng of people, scientists are developing drugs to recruit disease-fighting proteins present naturally in everyone's blood in medicine's war on infections, cancer and a range of other diseases... Read More
Research Could Lead To Development Of New And Effective Drugs To Treat Cancer
Aug 23, 2012
Transcription is a cellular process by which genetic information from DNA is copied to messenger RNA for protein production. But anticancer drugs and environmental chemicals can sometimes interrupt this flow of genetic information by causing modifications in DNA... Read More
Blood Processing Transformed By New Technology
Aug 23, 2012
A pioneering surgical blood salvage technology developed at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, is set to transform the way major surgery is carried out by reducing blood loss in patients... Read More
Blood Processing Transformed By New Technology
Aug 23, 2012
A pioneering surgical blood salvage technology developed at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, is set to transform the way major surgery is carried out by reducing blood loss in patients... Read More
Protein Discovered That Promotes Cancers, Heart Disease; Substance Created To Block Its Effects
Aug 23, 2012
Strong scientific evidence suggests that high levels of a blood protein called galectin-3 may increase the risk of heart attacks, cancer and other diseases, and help forecast the outcome of those diseases, a scientist reported at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. Isaac Eliaz, M.D... Read More
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