Showing posts with label preventing cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label preventing cancer. Show all posts

4/23/2011

Current Events on the Fight Against Cancer

A company created by the Catalan Institute of Oncology Institute of Biomedical Research of Bellvitge (ICO-IDIBELL), VCN Bio sciences Ltd., has developed new cancer treatments based on viruses that selectively destroy tumor cells.

BioSciences Ltd. plans to bring one of their virus to clinical trial in patients with tumors of the pancreas and head and neck.

The company, founded by Manel Cascallo, Ramon Alemany, Gabriel Capell, is dedicated to cancer virotherapy, which involves the administration of genetically modified viruses to destroy tumor cells only. The oncolytic virus not only eliminates the infected cancer cell, it generates thousands of copies of itself to destroy malignant cells nearby. In this way, acts as an agent with auto amplificación capacity.

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4/20/2011

The Benefit of Carrot for Health

Carrot is the second most popular type of vegetable after potatoes. Carrots contain high vitamin A. Vitamin A and Beta carotene is sometimes prescribed for the same thing, because the beta carotene in the body can be convert into vitamin A. Beta carotene have been identified as carotenieida and there are more than 600 different types of carotene. Among others, a quite famous in the world is carotene, lutein, and lycopen.

Beta carotene is an essential part of carotene. If the body is given a beta carotene, it will be form vitamin A as needed. So eating carrots make a secure way to get vitamin A.

Preventing cancer

Compared with other vegetables, carrots mostly contain beta carotene, an average of 12,000 IU; experts recommend 15000-25000 IU per day. Research from the National Cancer Institute associate the womb with a high beta carotene cancer prevention, because the nature antioxidant against the destructively of cancer cells. In addition, beta carotene assists the body's immune system that results in a 'killer cell' nature.

The research in
Canada of the immune had given test 50 people over the age of 65 years to get nutrients that contain beta carotene and vitamin E in the amount of extra. After some time they become more rare experience cough cold, flu, and infections other than those who do not use supplements. And if they are sick, they recover more quickly