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Inflammation

Filtering out Cancer from the Bloodstream

Filtering out Cancer from the Bloodstream

A team of scientists from Cornell University, lead by Professor Michael King, has created a new means of fighting cancer cells within patients’ blood using a device that is designed to kill tumor cells before the disease gets a chance ...

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The Link between Inflammation and Cancer

The Link between Inflammation and Cancer

A research team from the Center for Environmental Health Sciences (CEHS) at MIT has confirmed that when DNA repair mechanisms are compromised, chronic inflammation expedites intestine cancer in mice. The results suggest that people with a decreased ability to repair ...

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Sweet Hope for Type 1 Diabetics

Researchers at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston have found a three-drug therapy, which is successful in eliminating insulin-resistance and autoimmunity against insulin-producing cells in mice suffering from type 1 diabetes. The three-drug regimen, consisting of drugs ...

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The TRAIL Between Cancer and Inflammation

A research team at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, led by Professor Wafik S. El-Deiry, has recently demonstrated for the first time a link between a natural factor called TRAIL receptor, and cancer susceptibility. The team also found ...

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