Posts Tagged: liver
Harvard, UC Davis and Ionova Researchers: Hammock Lab Drug May Help Pancreatic and Liver Cancer Patients
(This news blog is affiliated with the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology....
The cancer research was based in the laboratories of physician-researcher Dipak Panigrahy (left) of Harvard Medical School and UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock, who holds a joint appointment with the Department of Entomology and Nematology and the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. They are shown here at a recent conference.
Screen shot of research article, "Eicosanoid Regulation of Debris-Stimulated Metastasis" in PNAS. See https://bit.ly/3FfCOGN.
'Chemical Research in Toxicology' Spotlights Triclosan Research
The January 2015 edition of Chemical Research in Toxicology spotlights the groundbreaking work of a...
Hispanic men in California and liver cancer
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According to the scientists, the rising rates of risk factors for liver cancer, such as obesity and chronic hepatitis C infection, may explain the significant increase in liver cancer rates among US-born Hispanic men in California. In addition, higher levels of these risk factors, as well as heavy alcohol consumption among US-born Hispanic men as compared to their foreign-born counterparts, may explain the significant difference in rates between the two groups.
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The study suggests the need for such measures to be culturally and linguistically tailored to reach Hispanics of lower socioeconomic status and those living in more ethnically concentrated neighborhoods.
Source: Cancer Prevention Institute of California, “Liver cancer rapidly increasing in California Hispanic Men”, February 15, 2011