UT Southwestern researchers have found that an enzyme on the surface of some lung cancer cells helps feed the cancer, making it a tempting treatment target. The enzyme, transmembrane serine protease 11B (TMPRSS11B) is described […]
Faecal occult blood test (FOBT) screening has been shown to decrease the incidence and mortality from colorectal cancer. Screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) reduces CRC mortality; many countries have implemented population-based CRC screening programmes and […]
A multidisciplinary team of researchers led from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed an anti-inflammatory drug molecule with a new mechanism of action. By inhibiting a certain protein, the researchers were able to reduce the […]
Mutations in healthy tissue are known as somatic mutations. As people age, mutations in their DNA slowly build up. Because cancer is the result of an accumulation of genetic mutations, understanding how these add up over […]
Sometimes, drugs that treat one health problem can, in time, lead to another. This is the case for many common medications that may contribute to the development of lung disease. A new systematic review has […]
“The relationship between a person’s emotional state and cancer has been demonstrated in the past, but mainly in relation to negative feelings such as stress and depression and without a physiological map of the mechanism […]
Apart from the fiction related to werewolves, there has always been talk of finding a “silver bullet” to kill tumors, as declared by the researcher Domagk about a century ago. Perhaps time has proved him […]
Milk is the first food for man and, for its nutritional characteristics (including those of its derivatives), it is confirmed as one of the fundamental products for human nutrition in all ages. There are various […]
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is a well-known tumor marker and its production has been shown to correlate with the development of liver carcinoma, embryonal carcinoma, yolk sac tumors, teratocarcinoma, some testicular and ovarian tumors and hepatoblastoma. One […]
New research, published in the journal Nature Communications, shows how our diet affects bacteria in our gut, which, in turn, can alter the behavior of our genes and the risk of cancer. The good bacteria […]
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