Sentences with phrase «mechanisms against cancer»

Unfortunately, despite all the knowledge the scientific community has regarding immune mechanisms against cancer, there is still a lot more to dig in.

Iodine controls apoptosis, programmed death of abnormal cells, and is part of the body's surveillance mechanism against cancer.

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Exposure of the skin to ultraviolet B wavelengths from sunlight is the usual mechanism for production of vitamin D. However, significant risk of sunburn (short - term) and skin cancer (long - term) attributable to sunlight exposure, especially in younger children, makes it prudent to counsel against exposure to sunlight.

Researchers at A * STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) have discovered a new mechanism involving p53, the famous tumour suppressor, to fight against aggressive cancers.

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.

The test, described in tomorrow's issue of the journal Circulation, might be used to devise better antioxidant vitamin therapies against free radicals and to explore the mechanism of these compounds in cancer and other diseases.

Understanding the physiological mechanisms that cause or, as in this case, prevent genetic instability is a basic question in Molecular Biology and Biomedicine which is of vital importance in the research against cancer, given that genetic instability is a distinctive feature of tumorous cells.

Hopefully we will be able to identify the mechanism by which this is happening and then identify new compounds that will work even better against breast 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.

An international research team led by Université de Montréal medical professor Christopher Rudd, director of research in immunology and cell therapy at Maisonneuve - Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, has identified a key new mechanism that regulates the ability of T - cells of the immune system to react against foreign antigens and cancer.

Medical professor Christopher Rudd and his research team have identified a key new mechanism that regulates the ability of T - cells of the immune system to react against foreign antigens and cancer.

Other reported effects of PPAM included inhibition of autophagy which is an important survival mechanism that protects cancer cells against stress, impairment of the unfolded protein response (UPR) induced by glucose starvation and decrease of the activity of STAT3 [72, 73].

Numerous studies have demonstrated activity of these agents against a wide variety of cancers, especially cancer stem cell - like subpopulations, by a host of different mechanisms which comprise inhibition of signaling pathways, of mitochondrial respiration, as well as of cellular stress responses and others.

Dr. Semenza's research interests include the molecular mechanisms of oxygen homeostasis; gene and stem cell therapy for ischemic cardiovascular disease; the role of HIF - 1 in cancer; and protection of the heart against ischemia - reperfusion injury.

She is registred to the National Order of Biologists in the province of Palermo; collaboration in research project from 2012 to 2015 at the Department of Biopathology and Biotechnology, University of Palermo, focusing the study on the identification of molecules capable to modulate intracellular metabolic pathways for the prevention and treatment of infectious, tumor and degenerative disease, in collaboration with Prof. Angela Santoni, University of Rome; collaboration in research project in 2011 at the hospital «Villa Sofia Cervello» of Palermo to study methods can cure the genetic defect that causes thalassemia through genetic engineering; she studies different mechanisms of the differentiation and the activation of human gammadelta T cells as effector cells of the immune response against cancer and infectious diseases; she investigates about the identification and development of biomarkers of resistance and susceptibility to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection; Valentina Orlando has published 13 papers in peer reviewed journals and 3 comunications at national and international congress.

Her current work continues to focus on characterizing the mechanisms that enable immune responses against cancer.

New research into CAR - T cell therapy has revealed crucial mechanisms that could help the immunotherapy technique, which is currently only effective against blood cancers, be adapted for the treatment of brain tumors and other forms of solid cancers.

one doctor's take on cancer: his thesis sees cancer as the body's defense mechanism against toxins by sequestering them in tumors

The isothiocyanates (ITCs) made from cabbage's glucosinolates act to protect us against cancer through a variety of different mechanisms.

Dr. Wilson noted that infrared sauna therapy for cancer offers a combination of healing mechanisms that act simultaneously and synergistically to support the fight against cancer.

There are a number of compounds in plant foods that may protect against breast cancer by a variety of mechanisms.

While research has shown that carrots can protect against cancer, scientists are only now discovering their various anticancer mechanisms and constituents.

Researchers were able to demonstrate the mechanism by which a plant - based diet and exercise could suppress the growth of breast and prostate cancer cells and protect against prostate enlargement (more on prostate problems in Some Prostates are Larger Than Others and Prostate Versus Plants).

They also hypothesize that antibiotics may increase breast cancer risk because they inhibit key parts of the immune system that protect against cancer, as well as anti-inflammatory mechanisms.

-RSB- In Romania, researchers noted similar activity using inhaled lavender for an hour each day and, according to the study, «Taken together, our results suggest that antioxidant and antiapoptotic activities of the lavender essential oils are the major mechanisms for their potent neuroprotective effects against scopolamine - induced oxidative stress in the rat brain,» that can lead to severe illness and cancer.

[13] In Romania, researchers noted similar activity using inhaled lavender for an hour each day and, according to the study, «Taken together, our results suggest that antioxidant and antiapoptotic activities of the lavender essential oils are the major mechanisms for their potent neuroprotective effects against scopolamine - induced oxidative stress in the rat brain,» that can lead to severe illness and cancer.

In a newly - published study in Journal of Cellular Biology, researchers discovered more about lycopene's potential mechanisms against skin cancer.

Potential Mechanisms Many hypotheses have been proposed as to how fiber might protect against colon cancer development; these hypotheses have been tested primarily in animal models.

Mechanisms A variety of different mechanisms have been proposed as to how fiber might protect against breast cancer, but the primary hypothesis is through decreasing serum estrogen conceMechanisms A variety of different mechanisms have been proposed as to how fiber might protect against breast cancer, but the primary hypothesis is through decreasing serum estrogen concemechanisms have been proposed as to how fiber might protect against breast cancer, but the primary hypothesis is through decreasing serum estrogen concentrations.