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Published December 1, 2008
U.S. college students say they are using genetic engineering to create beer with resveratrol, a substance in grapes shown to reduce cancer and heart disease.
A group of Rice University students say Rice’s “BioBeer” will… Read More »
Published October 1, 2008
A personalized vaccine made using tobacco plants—normally associated with causing cancer rather than helping cure it—could aid people with lymphoma in fighting the disease, U.S. researchers said on Monday (July 21).
The treat… Read More »
Published October 1, 2008
Dietary supplement use among long-term cancer survivors aged 65 and older is very common, according to a new study. But researchers say the practice may pose risks, even though the goal is often to prevent cancer recurrence.
“When… Read More »
Published March 1, 2007
Can switching your diet protect you from cancer—or cure it? Everybody seems to have an opinion, and experts say that’s part of the problem. Some say soybeans are good. Others think red meat and whole milk are bad. A recent study suggests… Read More »
Published March 1, 2007
Exposure to vitamin D from sunlight is known to improve the prognosis of certain cancers. U.S. drug company Novacea has produced a pill, which delivers a concentrated dose of the vitamin without running the risk of side-effects from an overdose.… Read More »
Published June 1, 2005
A new generation of foods and drinks designed to help reduce cancers and heart disease are set to appear on Britain’s supermarket shelves. A new European law will now allow food companies to make dramatic claims about the health-giving effects… Read More »
Published May 1, 2005
As the decades-old debate over the value of vitamin tablets continues to rage, a study testing the cancer-preventing antioxidant effects of fruit and vegetables could help to shed some light on the puzzle. Researchers from the Danish Institute for Fo… Read More »
Published November 1, 2004
Columbia University is initiating a clinical trial to evaluate whether the herbal supplement Zyflamend inhibits the onset of prostate cancer in certain patients. New Chapter, the Brattleboro, VT-based firm that manufactures the supplement, is providi… Read More »
Published October 1, 2003
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in conjunction with the National Cancer Institute, has created a program to encourage men to “shoot for nine”—that’s nine servings of fruits and vegetables each day. With the h… Read More »
Published September 1, 2003
“Scientists at the Institute of Food Research (IFR) in the UK have begun work to identify the compounds in strawberries responsible for inhibiting the growth of cancer cells. They are hoping to develop new varieties in which the anticarcinogeni… Read More »
Published June 1, 2003
Body weight is directly associated with mortality from cancer, according to a study carried out in the U.S. Researchers at the American Cancer Society in Atlanta found that increased body weight is not only related to specific cancers but also to dea… Read More »
Published May 1, 2003
Eating raw broccoli may combat cancer…When you chew broccoli, its cells rupture, releasing an enzyme that produces a class of chemicals called sulphoraphanes. Nathan Matusheski, a researcher at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, cru… Read More »
Published January 1, 2003
“German scientists say they have developed a beer that could help fight cancer. It contains high levels of a potent antioxidant called xanthohumol, which is found in hops and has been shown in previous laboratory studies to stem the growth of t… Read More »
