By Bronwyn Thompson Scientists take the chip off the old block and remake it without its carcinogenic potentialDepositphotosIn what many of us would consider a true public service to one of the world’s best food groups, scientists have flicked the switch on a mechanism that causes cold-stored potatoes to produce the carcinogen acrylamide. Growing these genetically...
by Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute Pleiotropic RNYs are linked to SLE risk and plasma RNYs are relatively abundant preceding breast cancer diagnosis. a Scatter plot of the correlation of the levels of expression between RO60 and the pleiotropic or non-pleiotropic RNY signatures in TCGA normal tissue. The PCCs and p values are indicated....
by The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre Systematic analysis of the enrichment of rare pathogenic variants in cases compared to control samples. a Proposed hypothesis that rare pathogenic variants in Mendelian disease-associated genes (OMIM genes) increase the risk of cancer. b Overview of the case–control analysis. Principal components analysis (PCA) using common variants was performed to...
by University of York Landscape of somatic mutations in SCD. a, Dot-plot showing the number of mutations per HSPC for each patient plotted against the patient age at the time of sampling. SNV mutation burdens of individual HSPC colonies from before GT, with correction for coverage, are displayed per patient. Mean mutation burdens per individual are...
Megan Brooks July 05, 2023 TOPLINE: Higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) may offer protection from colon and lung cancer and from lung and prostate cancer mortality among men, a large Swedish cohort study suggests. METHODOLOGY: A prospective cohort study included 177,709 Swedish men (mean age, 42; mean body mass index [BMI], 26 kg/m²) who completed an occupational health profile...
by Huntsman Cancer Institute Credit: Public Domain Many people use dry shampoo in their normal routine, stretching the days between washing their hair in the shower. In October of last year, the Food and Drug Administration found potentially elevated levels of benzene, a carcinogen, or cancer-causing chemical, in these products. Popular brands of dry shampoo are...
Roxanne Nelson, RN, BSN December 05, 2022 Another survey has shown that Americans are largely unaware of the link between alcohol consumption and cancer. The new findings, from a nationally representative survey that included responses from 3865 adults, show a low awareness of the cancer risk from alcohol, and also that the risk varies by type of...
By Rich Haridy December 28, 2022 A new study has linked nitrate-containing meat with increased rates of cancer in mice Depositphotos Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast are calling for the ban of nitrite-cured meat after a new study found a substantial link with colorectal cancer. The study saw mice fed nitrite-cured meat develop significantly more...
NIH/NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES IMAGE: WOMEN WHO USED HAIR STAIGHTENER PRODUCTS MORE THAN FOUR TIMES IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR WERE MORE THAN TWICE AS LIKELY TO DEVELOP UTERINE CANCER THAN THOSE WHO NEVER USED THESE PRODUCTS IN THE PAST YEAR. CREDIT: NIEHS Women who used chemical hair straightening products were at higher risk...
by Karen Murphy, The Conversation Credit: Peter Chou from Pixabay., CC BY Soy is common in many Asian cuisines, and is growing more popular in Western countries as many people aim for predominantly plant-based diets. It offers many potential health benefits and is generally cheaper than meat. However, you might have heard soy is linked...
