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Human Intestinal Stem Cell Breakthrough for Regenerative Medicine
September 4, 2011 — Human colon stem cells have been identified and grown in a petri dish for the first time. This achievement is a crucial advance towards regenerative ... > full story -
New Program Identifies Families at High Risk for Colorectal Cancer
September 1, 2011 — Researchers have developed a new lifesaving genetic screening program for families at high risk of contracting colorectal cancer, a deadly yet highly preventable form of ... > full story -
Medicinal Chemists Modify Sea Bacteria Byproduct for Use as Potential Cancer Drug
August 31, 2011 — Scientists have modified a toxic chemical produced by tiny marine microbes and successfully deployed it against laboratory models of colon cancer. More work is needed before a human treatment can be ... > full story -
Cell Receptor Could Allow Measles Virus to Target Tumors
August 25, 2011 — Canadian researchers have discovered that a tumor cell marker is a receptor for measles virus, suggesting the possible use of measles virus to help fight ... > full story -
Researchers Explore Treatments for Breast and Colon Cancers
August 22, 2011 — Researchers are working to develop possible new treatments for breast and colon cancer. They are now exploring the role of estrogen hormones. More specifically, they have examined regulatory ... > full story -
New Process That Can Save at-Risk Cancer Patients Is Effective, Less Costly; Process May Eliminate Need for Full Genome Sequencing
August 16, 2011 — People who are at risk for a certain form of colon and other types of cancer may soon have a better chance at surviving or even avoiding the diseases, thanks to a new ... > full story -
Confirmation That Vitamin D Acts as a Protective Agent Against the Advance of Colon Cancer
August 16, 2011 — A new study confirms that a lack of vitamin D increases the aggressiveness of colon cancer. The indication that vitamin D and its derivatives have a protective effect against various types of cancer ... > full story -
Early Evidence Suggests That TB Jab Could Help Fight Cancer
August 10, 2011 — Scientists have found a potential new mechanism to stimulate the body’s own ability to fight cancer using the germ commonly used to inoculate against ... > full story -
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Use of a Retroflexion Technique During Colonoscopy in the Right Side of the Colon Improves Polyp Detection
August 4, 2011 — The use of a retroflexion technique in the right side of the colon during colonoscopy is safe and results in the detection of additional adenomatous (precancerous) polyps in approximately four ... > full story -
Minority Microbes in the Colon Mapped
August 2, 2011 — They make up less than one-hundredth of 1 percent of the microbes that live in the colon, but the bacteria and archaea that sop up hydrogen in the gut are fundamental to colon health. In a new study, ... > full story
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