Sentences with phrase «against cancer by»

Ginger extract effectively suppresses inflammation of the liver tissue and provids protection against cancer by promoting a free radical scavenger system known as ROS (reactive oxygen species).

The fruit works against cancer by being cytotoxic to malignant cancer cells without affecting the normal, healthy cells.

They also act aggressively against cancer by preventing cancer cell proliferation, inducing apoptosis — or cancer cell «suicide» — and inhibiting the formation of new blood vessels that nourish tumor growth.

Vitamin E might also block the formation of carcinogenic nitrosamines formed in the stomach from nitrites in foods and protect against cancer by enhancing immune function [28].

In addition to decreasing growth and killing cancer cells, it's also thought that garlic may help protect against cancer by assisting in cell detoxification and working as an antioxidant.

• Catechins help fight against cancer by preventing cell mutations and deactivating free radicals in the body.

Our friendly flora's digestion of fiber also yields another short - chain fatty acid called butyrate, which may fight against cancer by slowing the growth of colon cancer cells and activating programmed cancer cell death — as well as preventing cancer in the first place.

«Protection against cancer by dietary IP6 and inositol.»

In addition, it contains compounds called alkylglycerols that can help protect you against cancer by boosting your immune system function.

We are the next generation of philanthropists committed to winning the battle against cancer by awarding Discovery Grants to promising researchers at the Vanderbilt - Ingram Cancer Center.

LA JOLLA, CA — Members of the TET family of proteins help protect against cancer by regulating the chemical state of DNA — and thus turning growth - promoting genes on or off.

«This is because the stress led to poor function against the cancer by T - cells, which are very important in the immune system's control and surveillance of tumours and are a major target in many immunotherapy treatments.»

(A leading theory: flavonoids in tea and carotenoids in leafy greens, which act as antioxidants, may protect against cancer by rooting out free radicals.)

Edward Jones is proud to join the fight against cancer by participating in the Pedal the Cause Bike Challenge.

Not exact matches

Montreal's Gemin X Biotechnologies closed a US$ 65.2 - million private financing deal, one of the largest ever by a non-listed Canadian biotech, in May 2005, to develop and market its enzyme inhibitors against cancer.

Indeed, the animal rights movement's fury against the speciesist use of animals» a necessary element for human flourishing, particularly in medical research» has increased to the point that scientists are now under threat of death by the most radical liberationists for daring to experiment on rats or monkeys to find cures for cancer and other human afflictions.

I learned of it by calling to express concern and assure him of my prayers in his fight against that cancer of unknown origin.

Mitt Romney's first job after College was to work for Monsanto and help them improve their Corporate image after getting cuaght dumping known cancer causing PCB's into the rivers and water ways around the Great Lakes... So did the families that came down with cancer from drinking water contaminated by those dumped PCB's chemicals commite a sin against God... or did Monsanto commite the sin by dumping them?

Many say that the antioxidant action provided by superfoods protects against cancer and heart disease, among a host of other ills — while others point out that few carefully controlled studies have been conducted.

Goji's are reported to have anti-aging properties and show anti-tumor activities against various types of skin cancer cells by inhibiting tumor growth and inducing apoptosis.

The promotion will be supported by signage and table cards at each location, while employees will both wear and give away «Cosmos Against Cancer... Devoted To A Cure» wrist bands, t - shirts and pins.

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«I've been impressed by Ospina,» said Seaman, speaking as an ambassador for the «Know the Score» campaign against bowel cancer.

The only other factor examined by the AICR / WCRF expert panel that was convincingly linked to protection against all - age breast cancer risk was avoiding alcohol.

Did you know it's recommended by the Skin Cancer Foundation to protect against the sun's harmful rays?

And, of course, the powerful anti-oxidants, minerals and fibre provided by carrots help guard against other serious conditions like heart disease and cancer.

Adolescent vaccines protect against serious and potentially life - threatening diseases, including meningitis, septicemia and cancers caused by HPV.

As the criminal complaint against Silver alleges, he used his authority to disburse HCRA grants to enrich himself, directing hundreds of thousands of dollars to renowned Columbia University physician Dr. Robert Taub for the completion of a center to study mesothelioma, a rare cancer that can be caused by asbestos exposure, in exchange for Taub's agreement to direct clients with cancer to Silver's law firm Weitz & Luxenberg, which specializes in lucrative asbestos lawsuits.

She chronicled her fight against the disease in unusually frank, heart - rending — and sometimes even funny — Facebook posts, trying to give hope and encouragement to other women in similar situations by posting photos and videos on the page Lauren vs. Cancer, which gained the attention of thousands of people.

ALBANY — A lawmaker battling cancer stunned colleagues Friday by coming out against a medical - marijuana bill designed to help people cope with the very same disease.

Heastie said the addition of mobile mammography vans across the state will strengthen the fight against breast cancer by offering preventative services to communities that otherwise did not have access.

Motivated by the Republican health care bill, Kelly Mazeski, a breast cancer survivor, will run against Representative Peter Roskam in Illinois's Sixth District.

The new vaccine Gardasil protects against the cancers caused by both HPV types.

The researchers also say that the development of this synthetic route will enable chemists to attenuate the toxicity and potentially improve α - amanitin's activity against cancer, something that is only made possible by the use of synthetic derivatives.

New research, led by University of Southampton biological scientist Dr Hannah Siddle, is aiming to develop an effective vaccine against an infectious cancer that is eradicating the Tasmanian devil, the world's largest remaining marsupial carnivore.

By plotting the lifetime incidence of various cancers against the estimated number of normal stem cell divisions in the corresponding tissues over a lifetime, they found a strong correlation extending over five orders of magnitude.

Hypoxia can damage DNA and contribute to aging and cancer, so mechanisms that protect against hypoxia — by repairing DNA, for example — likely also help explain the blind mole - rat's resistance to cancer and aging, Band said.

IARC in 2000 launched a study called Interphone, funded by the European Union, the International Union against Cancer and other national and local funding bodies.

This widespread lack of the need for telomerase is used by evolution as a key component of our defense against cancer, because having a limit to the size and renewal of telomeres prevents our cells from replicating themselves indefinitely — the crucial hallmark of cancer.

Spontaneous immune responses were assessed by measuring serum antibodies against ovarian cancer - associated antigens, such as NY - ESO - 1, that are not expressed in normal body tissues but are expressed in cancers.

The absolute risk this poses may be low — a chest X-ray only increases the risk of a fatal cancer by 1 in 200,000 — but it must be balanced against the large number of flights, and whether the risk is avoidable.

A team of researchers, led by Sangeeta Bhatia, an associate professor at HST and in M.I.T.'s department of electrical engineering and computer science, report in Advanced Materials that they have developed and tested injectable multifunctional nanoparticles — particles billionths of a meter in size — that they expect to become a new, potent weapon against cancer.

Once again, researchers at Penn's Abramson Cancer Center have extended the reach of the immune system in the fight against metastatic melanoma, this time by combining the checkpoint inhibitor tremelimumab with an anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody drug.

For example, the study defined cases of pancreatic cancer that are driven by a gene called BRAF, for which there are FDA - approved drugs, and showed that such drugs were selectively effective against BRAF - mutated pancreatic cancer cells.

When you weigh the risk of death by terrorist attack (less than 1 in 10,000) against that from heart disease or cancer (nearly 1 in 3), it makes much more sense to forgo the drama and join a gym.

By viewing this fusion as another disease imposed onto tumor cells, scientists could devise new therapies against metastasis, the researchers say in the May Nature Reviews Cancer.

One could take Davis, who is the director of the Center for Environmental Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, to task on the same grounds used by critics against Rachel Carson, whose book, Silent Spring, launched the modern environmental movement: Davis unabashedly makes the case against toxins and their health toll without presenting the other point of view.

Microbes vs. Disease, Round III By modifying a few genes in adenoviruses (which bring us the common cold), scientists at Introgen Therapeutics are engineering weapons against cancer.

«Enzyme could protect against type of colorectal cancer by suppressing tumors, study finds.»

They prepared a similar weapon against liver cancer by piggybacking rhenium 18 on antibodies that target HBx, a viral antigen made by cancerous liver cells.