British scientists discovered the key to spicy foods to kill cancer cells.

Capsaicin, a component of chilli peppers, can kill cancer cells by attacking their mitochondria, the parts of cells that are responsible for generating energy.

The research raises the possibility that other cancer drugs can be developed to target mitochondria. …read the rest of this entry»

Men who have had gonorrhea are twice as likely to develop bladder cancer, a study has found.

The researchers analyzed medical records of 286 patients with bladder cancer. In this way confirmed a link between sexually transmitted infections and cancer.

The School of Public Health at Harvard examined in detail the information health records on 51,529 U.S. men.  …read the rest of this entry»

A team of British scientists developed through genetic modified chickens that can lay eggs with proteins needed to make anticancer drugs.

The breakthrough was announced by the same research center that created a little over ten years, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell, Dolly the sheep. …read the rest of this entry»

U.S. scientists have developed a strategy that achieves cancerous tumors in mice shrink or self-destruct.

The tumor in the mouse (left) shrugged (right) when the gene was reactivated.

Treatment requires “reactivate” a gene that becomes defective and causes cancer tumor growth. …read the rest of this entry»

The growing number of cancer diagnoses will put enormous pressure on health systems in the world.

The biggest murderer is lung cancer.

That is the warning of a group of experts from the International Agency for Research on Cancer. …read the rest of this entry»

The report, conducted in 25 countries with a total population of 984 million, discussed the access of patients to the most modern and effective medicines.

The researchers, from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, found radical differences in survival rates of patients with cancer. …read the rest of this entry»

A virus contracted through oral sex is the cause of some throat cancers, say U.S. scientists.

A study by Johns Hopkins University conducted on 300 people found that HPV infection was a major risk factor that the use of alcohol or snuff. …read the rest of this entry»

Despite the concern that growth hormone therapy for children could increase cancer risk, new study found clear evidence confirming the relationship, at least in the short term.

The findings, published in the Journal of Pediatrics, are based on an …read the rest of this entry»

The protective effect of vitamin C appears to be counterproductive in the treatment of cancer.

Vitamin C supplements may substantially reduce the benefits of a wide range of drugs used against cancer, according to a study conducted by American scientists. …read the rest of this entry»

An article in Technology Review this week describes how nanotechnology can detect cancer. When a person gets cancer, her body emits a warning signs long before modern medicine is capable of detecting the disease. If one could detect these subtle changes before in human cells, have a greater chance of saving the patient. But the first molecular-level changes in a person who is in the early stages of cancer are incredibly complex and can go unnoticed. …read the rest of this entry»