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Alpha-fetoprotein can affect the development of rat colons?

Mammalian alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is a single-chain glycoprotein and altered serum AFP levels have been observed concurrent with aberrant growth manifestations in some congenital defects and cancer. The gut development during ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Regular use of vitamin and mineral supplements could reduce the risk of colon cancer: study

Could the use of vitamin and mineral supplements in a regular diet help to reduce the risk of colon cancer and protect against carcinogens? A study published in the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology (CJPP) found that ra ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Cocoa could prevent intestinal pathologies such as colon cancer

A new study on living animals has shown for the first time that eating cocoa (the raw material in chocolate) can help to prevent intestinal complaints linked to oxidative stress, including colon carcinogenesis ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Compounds in mate tea induce death in colon cancer cells

Could preventing colon cancer be as simple as developing a taste for yerba mate tea? In a recent University of Illinois study, scientists showed that human colon cancer cells die when they are exposed to the approximate number ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Compound in Apples Inhibits E. coli O157:H7

A compound that is abundant in apples and strawberries inhibits the highly pathogenic E. coli O157:H7 biofilms while sparing a beneficial strain of E. coli that also forms biofilms in the human gut, according to a paper in ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Nanoparticle-based combination therapy shows promise in colon cancer prevention

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using nanoparticles to deliver a cocktail of aspirin and folic acid, researchers at the Western University of Health Sciences (WUHS) have created what could be an effective agent to prevent colon cancer. ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Harm not those strangers that pollinate, study warns

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an irony of nature, invasive species can become essential to the very ecosystems threatened by their presence, according to a recent discovery that could change how scientists and governments ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Are all alien encounters bad?

The pages of ecological history are filled with woeful tales of destruction from non-native species -- organisms that originated elsewhere.

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 12

How do native Hawaiian birds survive in a fragmented forest?

(PhysOrg.com) -- When humans cohabit with Mother Nature, they tend to leave footprints behind. They fragment the natural forest landscape into patches of trees and other vegetation separated by the diverse ...

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Computational method predicts new uses for existing medicines

For the first time ever, scientists are using computers and genomic information to predict new uses for existing medicines.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (14) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Folic acid given to mother rats protects offspring from colon cancer

Folic acid supplements given to pregnant and breast-feeding rats reduced the rate of colon cancer in their offspring by 64 per cent, a new study has found.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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