Sentences with phrase «against known cancer»

She explains, in detail, the long and ugly fight against known cancer - causing agents, including asbestos, benzene, vinyl chloride, and tobacco.

Not exact matches

Man had made enormous strides in discovering the causes of disease, and is still fighting a long - drawn - out battle against such things as the incredibly minute viruses, and the apparently arbitrary cell - degeneration known as cancer.

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?

But, I know the club will act against him next month and then, FINALLY, we can begin the great catch up, which will however take two or three years to recover from the cancer WENGER HAS LEFT BEHIND.

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

You may know that fiber offers protection against heart disease, certain cancers and diabetes in adults, but the greatest benefit for toddlers is...

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

• Breastmilk contains special antibodies which help protect your baby against infections • Breastmilk is your baby's natural food, it's easily digested and enough on its own for the first 6 months • Breastfed babies are less likely to have eczema and diabetes or high blood pressure and obesity later on • Breastfeeding helps you and your baby to get to know each other • Breastfeeding means you'll return to your pre-pregnancy weight quicker • Breastfeeding helps give you stronger bones in later life and helps protect against breast and ovarian cancer • Breastfed babies are not as windy as bottle - fed babies • Nappies are not as smelly!

It's well known that breastfeeding strengthens babies» immune systems and it provides defense against many childhood diseases and cancers (even cancer in moms too!)

I know that breastfeeding is only one facet of the fight against breast cancer, but I think it is a pretty big part.

In January, the California Attorney General won a settlement against GIB for deceptive advertising and failure to disclose a known cancer - causing ingredient.

9vHPV, known as Gardasil 9, became available in 2015 to protect females and males ages 9 through 26 years against HPV - associated cancers and genital warts.

This gene is known to be highly active in multiple myeloma and many other cancers, raising the possibility that strategies to shut it down could be effective against a variety of tumors.

Researchers at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center are using what they know about a rare, inherited autoimmune disease to turn the body's defenses against melanoma.

«For someone to go up against alectinib, it would be nice to know earlier if there might be an improvement,» says Robert C. Doebele, MD, PhD, investigator at the University of Colorado Cancer Center and associate professor of Medical Oncology at the CU School of Medicine.

(They are primarily known as potential targets against cancer.)

Herpes virus proteins are more «spaghetti - like» than previously thought, which provides a vital clue in the search for an efficient treatment against a type of herpes which causes a form of cancer known as Kaposi's sarcoma.

Knowing that cancer cells have a different metabolic profile, the team surmises that this can inform when to treat cancer — when normal cells are quiet — to decrease toxicity, while increasing efficacy against the always - awake cancer cell.

The targets of these drugs were not know to be present in cancer cells and therefore no one had considered the possibility that these drugs might be effective against aggressive cancer types, says Professor Ivaska.

Most patients don't know that in clinical trials new cancer therapies are tested against the standard of care, not a placebo.

Knowing the answer is important both as a matter of basic immunology and because NK cells, as crucial members of the body's first line of infection defense, are often the subjects of efforts to harness the immune system in protection against infections and cancer.

Inhibiting this receptor is known to have antitumor effects against a variety of cancers.

Until now, most researchers in the field have focused on «dietary fibre» — officially known as nonstarch polysaccharides — which probably provides protection against bowel cancer in a similar way.

Just as the so - called AIDS «cocktail» directs multiple agents against multiple targets, so too might future anti-cancer cocktails be directed at multiple, highly specific targets in known cancer pathways.

PHILADELPHIA — A molecule known for its Texas - sized girth now appears to be a promising new weapon against cancer.

Researchers at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute (CRI) at UT Southwestern have discovered that cells in the liver with whole genome duplications, known as polyploid cells, can protect the liver against cancer.

They have also proposed the first mechanism for how prostate cancer might arise from the mutations in the gene, which is best known for defending cells against viruses.

Antibodies with a high target - binding affinity are known to be effective against cancer.

The new research found that on top of their known effects on cancer, Hsp90 inhibition also blocked production of abnormal forms of the androgen receptor, stripping cancer cells of their defences against hormone treatments.

A class of therapeutic drugs known as protein kinase inhibitors has in the past decade become a powerful weapon in the fight against various life - threatening diseases, including certain types of leukemia, lung cancer, kidney cancer and squamous cell cancer of the head and neck.

Immunity is key to long - term responses Knowing that the immune system is capable of recognizing distinctive features of cancer cells and launching a T cell attack against those tumor antigens, and that checkpoint blockade removes a roadblock to that attack, it's logical that these drugs should work against many tumor types.

One of the most promising areas of cancer research and treatment is known as immunotherapy, in which a patient's own immune system is enlisted in the fight against cancer.

For men ages 55 to 69 years the Panel recognizes that the decision to undergo PSA screening involves weighing the benefits of preventing prostate cancer mortality in 1 man for every 1,000 men screened over a decade against the known potential harms associated with screening and treatment.

Knowing that my work may one day help patients and assist in the battle against cancer is why I strive to be a cancer researcher.

For men ages 55 to 69 years the Panel recognizes that the decision to undergo PSA screening involves weighing the benefits of preventing prostate cancer mortality in one man for every 1,000 men screened over a decade against the known potential harms associated with screening and treatment.

Researchers don't know whether the SNPs that allow devils to resist the first infectious cancer will also work against the second, he notes.

No matter how you do it, you'll be making an impact in the fight against cancer.

Dual Approach Better for Liver Cancer A combined treatment for liver cancer that uses one oral drug and another delivered directly to tumors in a method known as chemoembolization appears to work better against liver cCancer A combined treatment for liver cancer that uses one oral drug and another delivered directly to tumors in a method known as chemoembolization appears to work better against liver ccancer that uses one oral drug and another delivered directly to tumors in a method known as chemoembolization appears to work better against liver cancercancer.

The mammalian immune system defends the organism against pathogens, and possibly cancer, but is known to become dysregulated with increasing age.

While researchers have known that these drugs could be effective against the disease, this study revealed that 50 percent of tumors might be responsive to drugs that exploit the genetic instability of the tumors and induce the cancer cells to die.

Prior pregnancy is known to protect against development of breast cancer.

And we do know that diets rich in a wide variety of fruits and vegetables and good - quality fats, particularly olive oil, can help to reduce damage to your genes and protect against breast cancer.

Known to help protect against cancer cell formation, leeks also act as a mild and safe diuretic and laxative to keep our urinary and intestinal tracts running smoothly despite the excesses to which it is subjected during this time of year.

We know that zinc is involved in thousands of reactions within the body and recent research is even showing that zinc might be vital in protecting the body against various types of cancers.

In the fight against cancer, the trinity of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy — known by the assertive nickname «slash, burn, and poison» — has long been the weapon of choice.

I'm not saying that you should stop protecting yourself against skin cancer, but if you're having vague symptoms of tiredness, aches, and pains, or frequent infections and don't know why, it could be that you aren't getting enough vitamin D.

Even though we can say that beta glucans are the most significant anti-cancerous immuno - stimulants we know, they have not been tested against all kinds of cancers.

[1] It's also a potent anti-oxidant known for protecting against ageing and cancer.

The chronically stressed mice had decreased immune function and experienced tumor development significantly earlier than the non-stressed mice.16 Other mouse studies of ovarian cancer showed that chronic stress resulted in increased cancer growth as well as increased angiogenesis, the process with which cancer forms new blood vessels to feed itself nutrients for growth and metastases.17 Chronic stress has also been shown to decrease our body's ability to mount an attack against foreign invaders, including viruses.18 As we know that several viruses can cause cancer (HPV and cervical cancer, and EBV and nasopharyngeal cancer), we can extrapolate that any decrease in immune function could increase cancer risk.

Known as carnosic and rosmarinic acids, these antioxidants may protect us against free radicals and fight cancer.