Showing posts with label anti-cancer treatment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label anti-cancer treatment. Show all posts
Thursday, November 14, 2019

Warburg Effect And Some Possible Cancer Treatments

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The Warburg effect is important in cancer, since cancer cells rely more heavily than do normal cells on glycolysis for energy production.  ...
Monday, January 7, 2019

Another MicroRNA And Colorectal Cancer

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Another microRNA has been shown to affect colorectal cancer, this time by targeting the Wnt pathway-controlling protein APC (that is typic...
Friday, November 23, 2018

Mushrooms Against Cancer

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Factors from edible and medicinal mushrooms seem to have anti-cancer properties .  These sort of food-based therapies need to be studied ...
Sunday, September 23, 2018

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy Biomarkers

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Immune checkpoints dampen the immune system’s ability to detect and fight cancer; thus, inhibits of such checkpoints, usually antibodies to...
Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Against Colitis And Cancer

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Chronic inflammation of the colon can increase risk for cancer; an antibody to a pro-inflammatory mediator can reduce inflammation in a mou...
Sunday, May 20, 2018

Antabuse Against Cancer

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The drug Antabuse (disulfram), used as part of alcohol aversion has anticancer properties, with mechanisms described in this paper. Abstra...
Monday, March 19, 2018

Leaf Extract Against Colorectal cancer

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Here is a study suggesting that Ginkgo biloba L. leaf extract may be beneficial against colorectal cancer by affecting important cell signa...
Friday, January 19, 2018

What's In The Wine?

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Resveratrol, which is found in wine as well as in other foodstuffs, has been thought to have a number of positive health benefits.  Here ...
Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Apigenin's Anti-Cancer Properties

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The dietary factor apigenin has anti-cancer properties , affecting important cell signaling pathways.  Note this factor is found in many ...
Monday, November 6, 2017

Problems With Cancer Model Systems

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Patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) – where human tumors are transplanted into immunodeficient mice to test for therapeutic approaches – a...
Monday, October 16, 2017

Biomarkers For Metastatic Colon Cancer Treatment

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Metastatic colon cancer patients would benefit from having biomarkers analyzed , to judge potential response to certain therapeutic approac...
Friday, October 6, 2017

Bacteria And Chemotherapy Resistance

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Bacteria associated with tumors can mediate resistance the chemotherapy drugs. Thus controlling bacterial species in cancer can enhance th...
Friday, September 29, 2017

Nivolumab Vs. Ipilimumab For Melanoma

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Nivolumab and ipilimumab are monoclonal antibodies useful in the treatment of advanced melanoma; these target "immune checkpoints...
Monday, July 11, 2016

ANTI-CANCER DRUGS CAN BE COMBINED IN REGIMENS THAT CURE

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A combination of  anti-cancer drugs can create a strong fortress against cancer This note is an afterthought from watching “Surviving t...