Sentences with phrase «preventing tumor cell growth»

Zhang's laboratory now seeks to understand the mechanisms of the tissue - environment influence, opening the possibility that the environment could be altered in a way that fights cancer by preventing tumor cell growth.

Not exact matches

Mogroside V has been found in research to have the ability to inhibit tumor growth in pancreatic cancer by interfering with the rapid dividing of cancer cells, preventing angiogenesis (blood flow to the tumor), and even promoting cancer cell death (10).

In 2010, researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center published a study in the journal Clinical Cancer Research showing that sulforaphane had the ability to kill breast cancer stem cells in mice and in lab cultures, and it also prevented the growth of new tumor cells.

However, tumor cells can circumvent this immune defense by establishing a surrounding microenvironment that prevents the infiltration of NK cells and thus promotes tumor survival and growth.

In studies of laboratory - grown human tumor cell lines, the drug disrupted tumor cell division and prevented growth of advanced cancer cells.

«An important possible advantage to this approach is that these therapeutic T cells have the potential to replicate in the body, and therefore they might suppress tumor growth and prevent relapse for a prolonged period,» Yu says.

They also found that drugs that target this newly identified cancer pathway can prevent tumor growth, both in human cancer cells and mice with a form of brain cancer.

If the cell can't fix the DNA break, it will induce cell death — a self - destruct mechanism that helps to prevent mutated cells from replicating (and thus prevents tumor growth).

: The aforementioned catechins, known as a potent antioxidants, contained in the matcha leaf may play a major role in preventing and reducing the risk of cancer as they activate detoxification enzymes in the body and help improve immune system function, which can repair damaged cells and prohibit growth of tumors.

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.

All three of these nutritional supplements have been shown to prevent cancer cell growth and reduce the size of tumors or cysts.

They compete with candida in the intestine, they suppress the growth of potentially harmful bacteria, they produce substances that can lower cholesterol, they enhance the protective barrier of the digestive tract, they help produce vitamin K, they improve immune function, they lower blood cholesterol in some people, they lower blood pressure in some people, they aid in the digestion of lactose, they prevent cavities, they decrease the passage of bacteria or antigens from the intestines to the blood stream, they fight pre-carcinogenic or mutagenic compounds, they lower the pH of intestinal contents, they utilize oxalate (oxalate contributes to kidney stones), they detoxify ingested carcinogens, they produce compounds that inhibit the growth of tumor cells, and more!

In Canada and Europe THC has been proven to destroy tumors, prevent Alzheimers, and promote the growth of brain cells.