Where has my June gone?
July 1, 2008 by Gloria Gamat
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Shocks it’s July and I am working out of the house. I barely made it through June…maybe it is time to get a new computer set? We’ll see…
Anyways, here are a few stuff on cancer I might have missed in the recent days:
‘Designer baby’ to be free from breast cancer?
Men’s cancer vaccine
Accidental fungus leads to promising cancer drug
That’s all for now folks..I gotta run!
Fungus-Derived Molecules Could Treat Prostate Cancer
December 17, 2007 by Gloria Gamat
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Molecules found in the common fungus Ganoderma lucidum aid in suppressing some of the mechanisms involved in the progression of prostate cancer. The said fungus works by disrupting the androgen receptor activity and impeding the proliferation of cancerous cells.
Such were the findings of a recent research from University of Haifa.
In this research, conducted by Dr. Ben-Zion Zaidman, under the direction of Prof. Eviatar Nevo and Prof. Solomon Wasser from the Institute of Evolution at the University of Haifa, and Dr. Jamal Mahajna from the Migal Galilee Technology Center, the researchers examined how fungi fight cancer from within cells.
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