by drstegallio | Jul 10, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Nutrition, Cancer Research
Feeding pregnant female mice a diet high in fat derived from common corn oil resulted in genetic changes that substantially increased breast cancer susceptibility in three generations of female offspring, reports a team of researchers led by scientists at Georgetown...
by drstegallio | Jul 1, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Nutrition, Cancer Research, Cancer Treatment
In the first study to examine how effective Ontario-grown onions are at killing cancer cells, U of G researchers have found that not all onions are created equal. Engineering professor Suresh Neethirajan and PhD student Abdulmonem Murayyan tested five onion types...
by drstegallio | Jun 29, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Treatment
The cancer patients who were allergic to allergens such as cat dander and ragweed saw their allergic skin test reactivity reduced by 80 to 90 percent in one week, and this persisted with continued use of the drug for at least one to two months. The findings were...
by drstegallio | Jun 28, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Research
The study questions whether reliance on insufficiently-validated antibodies has led science down a dead-end path since the discovery of estrogen receptor beta (ESR2) in the 1990s. Cecilia Williams, a researcher at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and the...
by drstegallio | Jun 27, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Research, Cancer Treatment
Uncontrolled activity of male hormones, called androgens, contributes to the development of prostate cancer. One of the primary ways doctors treat prostate cancer is by inhibiting the activity of androgens by either surgically removing the testicles or with drugs that...
by drstegallio | Jun 26, 2017 | Cancer, Cancer Treatment
Although cancer is rare in children, worldwide there are approximately 215,000 new cases in the under 15s each year. Around a sixth of these children require treatment with radiotherapy, including those with brain tumours, and bone and soft tissue sarcomas such as...
