Cancer Research

Got The Gout, Ebenezer? Cut Back On Soda

Gout, or metabolic arthritis, was considered by Hippocrates “the disease of kings” because only wealthy people with rich diets got it. This was true until the early 20th century when cases went down because of improved knowledge about it. But in the last 4 ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 31 2008 - 11:44pm

Interview With Gary Taubes (part 5)

Continued from Part 4: I interviewed Gary Taubes by phone a few weeks ago, shortly after he gave a talk about the main ideas of his new book — Good Calories, Bad Calories — at UC Berkeley. The interview lasted about 2 hours. This is part 5. SETH: Well, I ...

Article - Seth Roberts - Feb 7 2008 - 10:52am

Naringenin In Citrus Fruit May Help Combat Hepatitis C Infection

A compound that naturally occurs in grapefruit and other citrus fruits may be able to block the secretion of hepatitis C virus (HCV) from infected cells, a process required to maintain chronic infection. A team of researchers from the Massachusetts General ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 5 2008 - 3:11am

ICCVAM Proposes New Plan To Recommend Alternatives To Animal Testing

A new plan to further reduce, refine and replace the use of animals in research and regulatory testing, commonly referred to as the 3Rs, was unveiled today by the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM). Traditi ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 5 2008 - 2:35pm

For Antioxidants, Cheap Mushrooms Are As Good As Maitake

Antioxidants are believed to help ward off illness and boost the body’s immune system by acting as free radical scavengers, helping to mop up cell damage caused by free radicals. But you don't have to pay a lot; the humble white button mushroom (Agari ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 6 2008 - 2:07am

Bone Marrow Stem Cell Release Regulated By Brain’s Biological Clock

Mount Sinai researchers have discovered that the release of blood stem cells from bone marrow is regulated by the brain through the cyclical human biological clock, via adrenergic signals transmitted by the sympathetic nervous system. These new findings, p ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 7 2008 - 10:36am

Interview With Gary Taubes (part 7)

Continued from Part 6: I interviewed Gary Taubes by phone a few weeks ago, shortly after he gave a talk about the main ideas of his new book — Good Calories, Bad Calories — at UC Berkeley. The interview lasted about 2 hours. This is part 7. SETH ROBERTS: ...

Article - Seth Roberts - Feb 7 2008 - 10:46am

Mapped: Network Of Human–Pathogen Protein Interactions

Researchers have provided the first global analysis of human proteins interacting with proteins of viruses and other pathogens. The network of interactions, described in an article published February 15 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens, reveals po ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 15 2008 - 1:31am

Angiogenesis Discovery May Lead To Blood Vessel Growth Breakthrough

Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have found a previously unknown molecular pathway in mice that spurs the growth of new blood vessels when body parts are jeopardized by poor circulation. At present, their observation adds to the understanding of ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 20 2008 - 6:22pm

Writing Won't Cure Cancer- But It Makes Patients Feel Better About It

Expressive writing--writing about one’s deepest thoughts and feelings—may help change the way cancer patients think and feel about their disease. In one of the first studies published in an oncology journal about the benefits of writing therapy, researcher ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 22 2008 - 9:45am