Diet rich in tomatoes cuts skin cancer in half in mice
Daily tomato consumption appeared to cut the development of skin cancer tumours by half in…
Browsing: mouse model
Test ties chemotherapy to possible breast cancer spread
Using a test for predicting whether tumours will metastasize, or spread, a research team found…
High-fat diet in pregnancy increases breast cancer risk over generations in animal study
Feeding pregnant female mice a diet high in fat derived from common corn oil resulted…
Cell changes drive breast cancer relapse
Relapse is now the main cause of death for breast cancer patients. Researchers have found…
Tumour trained T cells go on patrol
‘Tumour-trained’ immune cells – which have the potential to kill cancer cells – have been…
Novel Gene Editing Approach to Cancer Treatment Shows Promise in Mice
A novel gene therapy using CRISPR genome editing technology effectively targets cancer-causing “fusion genes” and…
Amino acids in diet could be key to starving cancer
Cutting out certain amino acids – the building blocks of proteins – from the diet…
Fasting protects healthy cells, decreases toxicity of chemotherapy in mice
A short-term fast appears to counteract increases in blood sugar caused by common cancer drugs…
Targeting the biological clock could slow the progression of cancer
Does the biological clock in cancer cells influence tumour growth? Yes, according to a new…
Programming anti-tumoural bacteria
Scientists have recruited modified bacteria to help fight cancer, which successfully infiltrated tumours and activated…