The Antitumor Mechanisms Of Green Tea Extract In Breast Cancer Prevention

An oral green tea extract, Polyphenon E, appears to inhibit vascular endothelial growth factor and hepatocyte growth factor, both of which promote tumor cell growth, migration and invasion. Researchers made this discovery during a secondary analysis of a phase Ib randomized, placebo-controlled study of Polyphenon E in a group of 40 women with hormone receptor-negative breast cancer…

Splenda Causes Cancer Concern

Following the discovery in a new study that mice have a higher risk of developing cancer after eating the popular British-made low-calorie artificial sweetener sucralose (Splenda), a leading cancer scientist calls for urgent research. Dr…

Startling New Truth About Sugar

Flying in the face of years of scientific belief, University of Illinois researchers have demonstrated that sugar doesn’t melt, it decomposes. “This discovery is important to food scientists and candy lovers because it will give them yummier caramel flavors and more tantalizing textures…

First Diagnostic Test For Hereditary Children’s Disease

A breakthrough in genetic research has uncovered the defect behind a rare hereditary children’s disease that inhibits the body’s ability to break down vitamin D. This discovery has led researchers to develop the first genetic and biochemical tests that positively identify the disease

Low Birthweight And Obesity Link: New Clue Found In Brain

Nutritionally deprived newborns’ brains are “programmed” to eat more because they have fewer pathways for signalling fullness in the brain region that controls appetite: the discovery is a new clue for the link between low birthweight and obesity later in life, concluded a study published this week in the journal Brain Research…

Black Rice Bran May Reduce Inflammation: New American Chemical Society Podcast

The latest episode in the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) award-winning podcast series, “Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions,” focuses on the discovery that black rice – a little-known variety of the grain that is the staple food for one-third of the world’s population – may help soothe the inflammation involved in allergies, asthma and other diseases.

Black Rice Bran May Reduce Inflammation: New American Chemical Society Podcast

The latest episode in the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) award-winning podcast series, “Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions,” focuses on the discovery that black rice – a little-known variety of the grain that is the staple food for one-third of the world’s population – may help soothe the inflammation involved in allergies, asthma and other diseases. In the podcast, Mendel Friedman, Ph.D…

Using Plants Against Soils Contaminated With Arsenic

Two essential genes that control the accumulation and detoxification of arsenic in plant cells have been identified.