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Stem cell jab ‘could replace hip, knee replacement surgeries’

Stem cell jab ‘could replace hip, knee replacement surgeries’

British scientists are on track to develop a stem cell jab treatment that they claim could end the need for painful hip and knee replacement surgeries. A team at Manchester University, which is developing the new treatment, says that within ten years, damaged joints or hips could be rejuvenated by injections of stem cells, a [...]

November 3rd, 2010 | Posted in Health & Lifestyle | Read More »

Scientists uncover cancer’s hiding spots

Scientists uncover cancer’s hiding spots

In a discovery that could lead to new treatments to prevent relapse of cancer, scientists have claimed to have uncovered how a small number of cancer cells escape from chemotherapy by hiding in a protective shield. In a study of mice, biologists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge found that a few [...]

November 3rd, 2010 | Posted in Health & Lifestyle | Read More »

Turmeric enhances effect of chemotherapy

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Researchers have found that curcumin, the major component in the spice turmeric, when combined with the drug cisplatin, enhances chemotherapy’s suppression of head and neck cancer cell growth. Indian-American researcher and lead author of the study Eri Srivatsan and Dr Marilene Wang, a professor of head and neck surgery at the Jonsson Cancer Centre at [...]

October 25th, 2010 | Posted in Health & Lifestyle | Read More »

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