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Triple-negative breast cancer biomarker points to new cancer model
Getting the news of triple-negative breast cancer--cancer that does not have receptors for estrogen (ER), progesterone (PR) or human epidermal growth factor (HER2)--is not good. However, a metabolic biomarker, known as MCT4, spotted in these patients, could help direct treatment and has also unlocked a new theory of cancer metabolism.
Curcumin, in Indian curry spice, may beat down prostate tumors
An Indian curry spice contains an element that appeared to help slow the growth of prostate cancer cells in both a petri dish and in mice. But rather than encouraging men to eat mounds of pungent but
India researchers pursue nanoparticle rabies treatment
Scientists are seeking health department clearance in India to begin testing a rabies treatment in humans that uses silver nanoparticles to deliver itself to the brain. The Times of India reports on
