«Recent studies suggest that epigenetic modifications may contribute to the development of cancer progenitor cells that can induce drug resistance and the
relapse of different types of cancer,» said Sibaji Sarkar, PhD, instructor of medicine at BUSM.
According to the principal investigator of this research project, Juan Pedro Arrebola, from the Biohealth Research Institute (IBS), «there is currently an increasing tendency in the impact of a
diversity of different types of cancer, which can be attributed in part to the influence of several environmental factors, such as exposure to certain chemical pollutants.»
This work was carried out with funding from the Association for International Cancer Research (United Kingdom), the Lymphoma Research Foundation (USA) and the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Spain), and illustrates how new genome sequencing technologies are revolutionizing the
study of different types of cancer.
Guides for Patients are designed to assist patients, their relatives and caregivers to better understand the
nature of different types of cancer and evaluate the best available treatment choices
It is a networking platform particularly aimed at externally - funded projects (group and individual) that are involved in the development of potential new treatment methods for a wide
range of different types of cancer.
Curcumin inhibits the growth and
spread of different types of cancer cells, in particular leukemia, hepatic, colorectal, pancreatic, gastric, prostate, breast, and oral cancers.
One Japanese study even showed that a vinegar extract was able to inhibit the
proliferation of different types of cancer cells, keeping with the theme that it may have disease - fighting properties that are not just limited to one part of the body.
«Recent studies suggest that epigenetic modifications may contribute to the development of cancer progenitor cells that can induce drug resistance and the
relapse of different types of cancer,» said Sibaji Sarkar, PhD, instructor of medicine at BUSM and the article's corresponding author.
Sweet potato peels contain constituents that can serve as a dietary component in preventing cancer cell growth in a number
of different types of cancer, including breast cancer6.