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T cells rely on ‘rheostat’ to help ensure that the immune response matches the threat

By on Wednesday, May 1st, 2013 | No Comments

A properly functioning immune system is a lesson in balance, providing protection against disease without attacking healthy tissue. Scientists have identified a mechanism that helps T cells find that sweet spot where the strength of the immune response matches the threat.

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High-carb diet tied to breast cancer risk

By on Friday, July 27th, 2012 | No Comments

Older women who eat a lot of starchy and sweet carbohydrates may be at increased risk of a less common but deadlier form of breast cancer, a new study suggests.

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Penn researchers enlist dogs in battle against human cancers

By on Saturday, July 14th, 2012 | No Comments

Sasha is still spunky at 12 – a white dog with a smattering of black, floppy ears and a sweet face.

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Alcohol: It’s been linked to breast cancer but may ward of diabetes….

By on Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 | No Comments

Gone are the days when women might sip a sweet sherry at Christmas but leave the serious drinking to the menfolk.

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Hopkins researchers find that cancer cells feed on sugar-free diet:

By on Sunday, January 15th, 2012 | No Comments

Cancer cells have been long known to have a “sweet tooth,” using vast amounts of glucose for energy and for building blocks for cell replication.   Now, a study by a team of researchers at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere shows that lymph gland cancer cells called B cells can use glutamine in the absence of glucose for cell replication and survival, particularly under low-oxygen conditions, which are common in tumors.

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Cancer cells feed on sugar-free diet

By on Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 | No Comments

Cancer cells have been long known to have a “sweet tooth,” using vast amounts of glucose for energy and for building blocks for cell replication.

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How a mother’s pre-emptive double mastectomy led her to design range of sexy swimwear for cancer sufferers

By on Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

… launched in 2010, has given hope to cancer sufferers everywhere. ‘I get these sweet emails … was at especially high risk of developing breast cancer. Her three aunts – her father’s …

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Space Monkeys

By on Thursday, August 18th, 2011 | No Comments

… parachute, And for every one of us who went insane sniffing glue, Or got colon cancer from Sweet N’ Low, or died to test new products for The Empire. I …

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Sweet Corn for Breast Cancer

By on Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 | No Comments

… from work to get a taste of sweet corn while also helping to fight breast cancer. Money poured in at four Exelon nuclear plants after donations were made in exchange …

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A Camping We Will Go

By on Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 | No Comments

… she answered. “Why?” “Well, you are my sister; I wouldn’t want you suffering from skin cancer,” he told her. “Awe, that’s so sweet.” “And I don’t want to hear about …

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