Health News

(World Journal of Gastroenterology) A research group in China investigated the growth inhibitory and apoptoticeffects of Scutellaria barbata D.Don (S. barbata) and determined the underlying mechanism of its anti-tumor activity in mouse liver cancer cell line H22. They found that extracts from S. barbata can effectively inhibit the proliferation and induce apoptosis of H22 cells involving loss of mitochondrial transmembrane potential, release of cytochrome C, and activation of caspase-3.

Read more

Filed under: General Health News
Tags: cancer, General Health News, Tumor

Related posts

• Zometa (zoledronic acid) shown to enhance chemotherapy in reducing breast tumor size (0)
  New data released demonstrates that the addition of Zometa (zoledronic acid) injection to standard chemotherapy before breast cancer surgery reduces the size of breast tumors more effectively than chemotherapy alone in women with early-stage disease. Read more [tags] General Health News [/tags]
  
  
• Why prostate cancer patients fail hormone deprivation therapy (0)
  (Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions) The hormone deprivation therapy that prostate cancer patients often take gives them only a temporary fix, with tumors usually regaining their hold within a couple of years. Now, researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered critical differences in the hormone receptors on prostate cancer cells in patients who no longer respond to [...]
  
  
• WFU researchers develop new platinum-based anti-tumor compound (0)
  (Wake Forest University) Researchers in the Department of Chemistry at Wake Forest University in collaboration with colleagues at the Wake Forest University Health Sciences Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a new class of platinum-based anti-tumor drugs that animal studies have shown to be 10 times more effective than current treatments in destroying certain types of [...]
  
  
• Vaccine Fights Melanoma (0)
  An experimental vaccine shrinks tumors in people with deadly skin cancer. WebMD Health News Read more [tags] General Health News [/tags]
  
  
• UC Davis team refines cancer treatments to reduce potential nerve damage (0)
  (University of California - Davis - Health System) While radiation treatments deliver precise doses of high-energy X-rays to stop cancer cells from spreading or to shrink tumors, oncologists have become increasingly concerned about inadvertent exposures during head and neck cancer treatments to nerves responsible for upper body mobility. Read more [tags] General Health News [/tags]