Cancer

Metastases, killer travelers

Why does a group of malignant cells suddenly decide to leave the tumor and travel through the body in search of a new place to grow and destroy? Answering this question (and thus preventing metastasis) is key to defeating cancer.

A high fiber diet prevents cancer

New research brings to the table why diets high in fiber can reduce the risk of developing colon cancer, suggesting that supplements such as niacin (vitamin B3), which is commonly used to regulate cholesterol, can help maintain health colon in people on low fiber diets. The study has been published in the journal Immunity.

Find out why cancer treatments sometimes fail

Cancer treatments were designed to keep cancer cells at bay by preventing their growth, survival, and spread throughout the body. However, even today there are many cancers that, for some reason, support the action of the drugs used, managing to spread without remedy in many patients. Why can't these drugs stop some cancers?

Detect several types of cancer with a single blood sample

All cancers produce compounds that end up in the bloodstream, so these markers in the blood could form the basis of an early detection test for many different types of cancer. Kingdom) by Cancer Research UK.

A new method detects genetic changes responsible for cancer in a few hours

This computational method, a pioneer in its field, has been baptized as SMUFIN (Somatic Mutations Finder) and has been developed by the computational genomics group of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) in collaboration with other research groups Europeans. The study has been published in the journal Nature Biotechnology.

Scorpion venom to locate tumors

The FDA (Food and Drug Administration of the United States) has approved the study in humans of a very novel product that will help to locate tumors more easily. And it is that, removing a tumor is a very delicate operation, since if too much tissue is cut there is a risk of damaging healthy areas, and if it is cut too little, the tumor will grow again.

Wasp venom to fight cancer

A team of scientists has successfully tested a treatment that kills cancer cells using a peptide from wasp venom.

Hot peppers reduce the risk of intestinal cancer

Many studies have positively valued the incorporation of spicy food into our lives as a tool to live longer. Now, new research carried out by the School of Medicine of the University of California (USA) specifies that hot peppers can help reduce the risk of intestinal cancer.

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