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Scientists at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy found a marine compound that inhibits cancer cell growth in lab tests which they hope can lead to new anti-cancer drugs with fewer sides effects.
The said UF-patented compound, called largazole was made from cyanobacteria that grow on coral reefs.
Researchers, who described results from early studies today […]
Tumor weight and growth rate has been reduced by about 50 percent in mouse models of brain, ovarian, and pancreatic cancers with injections of high-dose Vitamin C (ascorbate or ascorbic acid).
Such were the results reported by the NIH study at the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS):
The NIH researchers, however, tested the idea […]
A research team from Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and the VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine have showed that combining a dietary agent with a gene-delivered cytokine effectively eliminates human pancreatic cancer cells in mice displaying sensitivity to these highly aggressive and lethal cancer cells.
The cytokine used in this study was melanoma differentiation […]
Methadone - the agent used against opioid addiction - has been found by German researchers to have surprising killing powers against treatment-resistant forms of leukemia cells.
Methadone, developed in Germany in the 1930s, is a low cost agent that acts on opioid receptors, and thus is used as an opioid substitute to treat addiction. Scientists have […]
Last month, reports came out that Paul Newman has lung cancer. The ‘rumor’ was denied through his publicist.
Earlier this month, the old actor has been spotted being pushed on a wheelchair — making the ‘lung cancer rumors’ resurface.
Paul Newman was photographed in a wheelchair during a recent outing in New York following reports that the […]
Pathwork Diagnostics, Inc. recently announced that its Pathwork® Tissue of Origin Test for use in hard-to-identify-tumors has been cleared by the FDA.
The test analyzes a tumor’s gene expression pattern to help pinpoint the source of hard-to-identify tumors and is the first test of its kind to receive FDA clearance.
Up to an estimated 200,000 newly diagnosed […]
Cancer therapies, healing, and society.
Written by Gloria Gamat [email] for b5media.
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