That wholesome reputation came under fire last September when separate studies by Consumer Reports and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration showed that much of the rice in this country harbors a significant load of inorganic arsenic, a carcinogen associated with a wide variety of cancers. (discovermagazine.com)
In a previous study, Lonard and co-senior study author Bert O'Malley of Baylor College of Medicine screened a large number of compounds to identify SRC - inhibiting molecules that kill a wide variety of cancer cells and inhibit tumor growth in animal models. (sciencedaily.com)
They tracked down one of let - 7's primary targets, a gene called HMGA2, which is overexpressed in a wide variety of cancers. (uchospitals.edu)