Researchers affiliated with the University of São Paulo's Ribeirão Preto Medical School (FMRP-USP) in Brazil have demonstrated the potential of a leukemia drug, arsenic trioxide, to treat medulloblastoma, a type of brain ...
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An adenovirus infection can be potentially life-threatening, especially for children after a stem cell transplant. Virologists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the German Research Center for Environmental Health ...
Jul 13, 2020
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Phytochemicals from the plant Ipomea sepiaria may be useful in the fight against cancer according to a pharmacoinformatics study published in the International Journal of Computational Biology and Drug Design. The research ...
Jul 1, 2020
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More than half of rice varieties sold in the UK contained levels of arsenic higher than regulations allow for babies and children under five. Scientists have called for labelling to warn the public about levels of arsenic ...
May 1, 2020
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Rice snacks for kids found in Australian supermarkets contain arsenic at levels above European safety guidelines, a new study shows.
Jan 21, 2020
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Every year, nearly 11,000 Americans die of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a blood cancer that affects mainly older adults. While most patients initially respond to chemotherapy, more than half of those who respond will eventually ...
Apr 25, 2019
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Research conducted at Montana State University shows that microbes in the human gut play an important role in protecting against arsenic toxicity, a problem that affects an estimated 200 million people who are exposed to ...
Jan 4, 2019
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A study performed with the INMA birth cohort and the European HELIX project has revealed reproducible associations between exposure to multiple chemical pollutants and changes in metabolic processes during pregnancy. The ...
Nov 27, 2018
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Exposure to arsenic, lead, copper and cadmium is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and coronary heart disease, finds a comprehensive analysis of the evidence published by The BMJ today.
Aug 29, 2018
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Investigators have discovered that arsenic in combination with an existing leukemia drug work together to target a master cancer regulator. The team, led by researchers at the Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical ...
Aug 9, 2018
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