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Silver Compounds Found To Be Toxic To Cancer

February 7, 2012
The internet is awash with stories of how silver can be used to treat cancer. Now, lab tests have shown that it is as effective as the leading chemotherapy drug - and may have fewer side-effects. Results from the study at the University of Leeds, published in Dalton Transactions, show ...

Cell Death Induced In Colon Cancer Cells By Compounds In Mate Tea

January 25, 2012
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 of bioactive compounds present in one cup of this brew, which has ...

Compounds in mate tea induce death in colon cancer cells

January 23, 2012
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 of bioactive compounds present in one cup of this brew, which has ...

Compounds in mate tea induce death in colon cancer cells

January 23, 2012
URBANA 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 of bioactive compounds present in one cup of this brew, ...

Compounds in mate tea induce death in colon cancer cells

January 23, 2012
(University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) In a recent University of Illinois study, scientists showed that human colon cancer cells die when they are exposed to the approximate number of bioactive compounds present in one cup of mate tea, which has long been consumed in South ...

USPTO issues patent to Lixte’s lead compounds for treatment of neurological diseases

January 10, 2012
Lixte Biotechnology Holdings announces that the United States Patent and Trademark Office awarded a patent for the use of lead compounds from each of two different types of drugs, protein phosphatase inhibitors and histone deacetylase inhibitors, for the potential prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.

New anti-tumor compounds show promise for hard-to-treat cancers

January 6, 2012
New anti-tumor compounds produced by Dr. Aleem Gangjee, Distinguished Professor of Medicinal Pharmacy at Duquesne University's Mylan School of Pharmacy, show such promise for fighting hard-to-treat tumors that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has placed them on its fast track for development.

Wayne State Study Finds Soybean Compounds Enhances Effects Of Cancer Radiotherapy

December 21, 2011
A Wayne State University researcher has shown that compounds found in soybeans can make radiation treatment of lung cancer tumors more effective while helping to preserve normal tissue. A team led by Gilda Hillman, Ph.D...

SCYNEXIS, MMV assemble Malaria Box of 400 compounds with antimalarial activity

December 20, 2011
In a bid to catalyse malaria and neglected disease drug discovery, MMV and SCYNEXIS, Inc. have assembled a Malaria Box of 400 carefully selected commercially available compounds with antimalarial activity and will provide it to researchers at no cost.

MMV and SCYNEXIS offer 400 active compounds for neglected disease drug research at no cost

December 19, 2011
In a bid to catalyse malaria and neglected disease drug discovery, MMV and SCYNEXIS, Inc. have assembled a Malaria Box of 400 carefully selected commercially available compounds with antimalarial activity and will provide it to researchers at no cost. All 400 compounds in the Malaria Box have ...

Wayne State study finds soybean compounds enhances effects of cancer radiotherapy

December 19, 2011
Detroit - A Wayne State University researcher has shown that compounds found in soybeans can make radiation treatment of lung cancer tumors more effective while helping to preserve normal tissue. A team led by Gilda Hillman, Ph.D., professor of radiation oncology at Wayne State University's School of ...

Soybean compounds enhances effects of cancer radiotherapy

December 19, 2011
A Wayne State University researcher has shown that compounds found in soybeans can make radiation treatment of lung cancer tumors more effective while helping to preserve normal tissue.