Sentences with phrase «cause human cancer»

About 100 million people in the U.S. had taken the vaccine during the time when part of it was contaminated, so there was a suspicion that SV 40 in the contaminated vaccine may cause human cancer.

Though mutations that cause human cancer have traditionally been thought to originate from heredity or environmental sources, these results — grounded in a novel mathematical model based on data from around the world — support a role for so - called «R» or random mutations in driving the disease.

A better understanding of the mutations that cause human cancer, they said, will help to define the best strategies for reducing cancer deaths.

Biological data also suggest, but do not prove, that the virus can sometimes cause human cancer.

But whether BKV virus or its close relatives, JCV and SV40 (New Scientist, 10 July, p 6), really do cause human cancers remains controversial.

COSMIC, the «Catalogue Of Somatic Mutations In Cancer» is an expert - curated database encompassing the wide variety of somatic mutation mechanisms causing human cancer.

My interests lie in leveraging the information hidden in large - scale omics data for better understanding of the mutational processes causing human cancer, for identifying potential cancer prevention strategies, and for developing novel approaches for targeted cancer treatment.

While it is definitely not something you want to touch (advice here), there's no evidence it causes human cancer or has other long - lasting effects.

Not exact matches

But with the exception (perhaps) of some infections, human disease, including lung cancer, is rarely «caused» by one (and only one) thing.

But recent cancer science paints a bleaker picture: in October the World Health Organization said processed meats can cause cancer in humans, and suggested that red meat probably does too.

The IARC evaluates substances suspected of causing cancer in humans, and arrives at its classifications by convening a working group of international experts to review and assess the strength and quality of the evidence — in this case, more than 800 studies.

BPA, the synthetic estrogen, is used to soften the plastic that lines the can; colas contain caramel coloring shown to cause cancer in humans; and citrus - flavored sodas contain BVO, a flame retardant used in rocket fuel that may reduce fertility and negatively affect thyroid hormones.

The christian view that human sin caused cancer is nonsensical.

Such an attention getting event might be the simultaneous and overnight, 1) world wide total and permanent remission of all cancers, 2) world wide regeneration of limbs of all amputees, 3) world wide total cessation of sëx trafficking human abuse, 4) world wide total cessation of child abuse, 5) world wide cessation of all hostilities, 6) world wide sudden curing of diseases cause by genetic defects.

Granted, there are more benefits to reducing particulate and greenhouse gas emissions than just climate change, i.e. PM 2.5 which can be stuck in the human lung and cause cancer / respiratory issues, SO2 which contributes to acid rain (we've already eliminated the majority of this problem), as well as soot (nobody wants the surrounding area covered in ash).

There has never been a randomized, prospective, controlled study in humans on cigarette smoking, but we have still been able to determine that it causes lung cancer.

For example, mothers undergoing chemotherapy for cancer and moms who are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV, the virus that causes AIDS) should not breastfeed.

This family of chemicals, created when wood pulp is bleached with chlorine, is known to cause cancer in humans.

The effects on humans and children are largely untested, but forms of PBDE are thought to cause cancer too.

Trump has named an anti-abortion activist, Charmaine Yoest, who buys into a scientifically dubious theory that abortion can cause breast cancer, to a top Health and Human Services role.

The public health experts all pointed in particular to one section on cancer risks which states that there is «no conclusive evidence that PFOA causes cancer in humans» while focusing on the inconclusive nature of scientific studies surrounding the cancer - linked chemical.

Experts from the WHO have concluded the chemical glyphosate used in Roundup probably causes cancer in humans,» Hoylman said in a statement.

According to environmental advocacy group Hudson Riverkeeper, between 1947 to 1977 General Electric, GE, dumped more than 1.3 million pounds of cancer - causing PCBs into the Hudson River which has contaminated the waterway, wildlife, and has since been found in humans.

Kaposi's sarcoma - associated herpes virus, or KSHV, is one of two viruses known to cause cancer in humans.

There are eight human herpes viruses, and they cause a wide spectrum of diseases, ranging from common cold sores to cancer.

Researchers from Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM) Lisboa have created a chimera virus that allows the study of molecules to treat cancers caused by human herpes virus infection in mice models of disease.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is usually harmless to humans, but in people with cystic fibrosis (CF) or who have weakened immune systems — such as those who have had an operation or treatment for cancer — it can cause infections that are resistant to antibiotics.

Scientific consensus that humans cause climate change is akin to the scientific consensus that smoking causes cancer, says a report released today by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

«Formaldehyde has been shown in both humans and lab animals to cause structural and numerical changes in their chromosomes, which are associated with increased cancer risk, particularly with leukemia.

Viruses such as human papilloma virus, which can cause cervical cancer, and Epstein - Barr virus, which can cause certain lymphomas, have also been implicated in breast cancer.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections cause virtually all cervical cancers, and the researchers stress the need for widespread HPV vaccination to protect women against the virus.

The vaccination protects against infection from the two types of Human Papilloma Virus that cause seven in 10 cases of cervical cancer, as well as two other types of the virus linked with genital warts.

In addition to protecting against 80 percent of cervical cancers, the new 9 - Valent human papillomavirus vaccine, which includes seven cancer causing HPV - types, has the potential to protect against nearly 19,000 other cancers diagnosed in the United States, including anal, oropharyngeal and penile cancers.

The creatures were developed by scientists at the National University of Singapore as part of an ongoing attempt to make transgenic fish that light up when exposed to such chemical toxins as PCBs, which are known to cause cancer in humans.

After thoroughly reviewing the accumulated scientific literature, a Working Group of 22 experts from 10 countries convened by the IARC Monographs Programme classified the consumption of red meat as probably carcinogenic to humans (Group 2A), based on limited evidence that the consumption of red meat causes cancer in humans and strong mechanistic evidence supporting a carcinogenic effect.

Ironically, because of its pivotal role in coordinating a range of cancer - fighting mechanisms in the human body, it is also one of the most important cancer - causing genes when mutated.

Processed meat was classified as carcinogenic to humans, based on sufficient evidence in humans that the consumption of processed meat causes colorectal cancer.

Merck has developed a vaccine for human papillomavirus, the leading cause of cervical cancer.

Since 2008, girls in the UK have been vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, which can cause cervical cancer.

Proteins EDD1 and TIP60 were found to interact with the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer in humans.

The FDA approved Merck's Gardasil vaccine in 2006, after clinical trials showed that it protects against four strains of human papillomavirus (HPV), which together cause about 70 percent of cervical cancers and 90 percent of genital warts.

The findings imply that radiation could be especially effective in treating human breast cancers caused by similar mutations.

Depending on exposure, such contaminants can cause cancer and harm most human organs, and kill or sicken wildlife.

Before moving on to human trials, they will need to study all instances of «off - target» effects: Years before Crispr, the viruses employed to deliver DNA in gene therapy trials occasionally damaged the whole system, causing cancer.

As far as we know, however, these techniques have never successfully caused cancer in a human.

In contrast, viruses that cause cancer, such as the human papillomavirus that is responsible for most cases of cervical cancer, disrupt a cell's genome, thereby triggering out - of - control growth.

PE: If I were going to put my money on it, I would bet that by 2050 — hopefully earlier — we'll have found that more than 80 percent of all human cancer is caused by infection.

High doses of this compound, the antiseptic triclocarban, or TCC, impair reproduction in rats and may cause cancer in humans, but it's not clear whether the concentrations in fields — and presumably in food — are dangerous.

Active hexose correlated compound, or AHCC, apparently revs up the immune system to knock out human papillomavirus that can cause cervical cancer.

I would bet that by 2050 we'll have found that more than 80 percent of all human cancer is caused by infection.