Researchers from UCLA have discovered how a protein in human bone marrow can help repair blood after an injury. The finding could pave the way for helping to make current treatments more effective for cancer and other blood-related diseases. Chemotherapy and radiation, which are administered to millions of patients worldwide, damage the blood system and… Continue reading A New Therapy for Blood-Related Diseases?
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Chokeberry Extract May Boost Pancreatic Cancer Drug
The chokeberry, a wild berry native to North America, may strengthen the effectiveness of a chemotherapy drug commonly used to treat pancreatic cancer, according to research done at King’s College Hospital and the University of Southampton in the UK and published online September 17th 2015 in the Journal of Clinical Pathology. A release from the… Continue reading Chokeberry Extract May Boost Pancreatic Cancer Drug