Scientists from BUSM (Boston University School of Medicine) discovered that 50,000 UI (International Units) of the D2 vitamin, taken on a weekly basis during a period of two months, has benefits in counteracting the deficiency of vitamin D. Quest Diagnostics... (Continue reading)
A team of researchers from the Medical Center of the University of Rochester states that women who suffer from breast cancer must take large doses of D vitamin. As a great number of them are prone to have low levels... (Continue reading)
Overdosing vitamin A may seem rather harmless to most people, but recent studies presented in the FASEB Journal present the situation as the other way round. It is well known that vitamin A represents a key in the cellular production... (Continue reading)
Researchers from University of Michigan state that they have discovered a new method by which they can hold in place immune cells that are characterized by an aggressive reaction and attack the own cells of the human body. This... (Continue reading)
Shingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) represents a bioactive lipid messenger which can be found in our blood in large quantities. A team of scientists from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine observed that this lipid has an important role in developing a... (Continue reading)
A study conducted by a team of researchers from Syracuse University found out that a molecule that can be reversibly shifted between two or more states which is part of the Mixed Lineage Leukemia protein complex can be used in... (Continue reading)
Vitamin D is produced in the human body under direct exposure to sunlight in response to UV irradiation and it is also found in dairy products or as a dietary supplement, regulating the calcium and phosphorus levels in the blood,... (Continue reading)
Statistics showing that women in the US have higher risks of developing breast cancer than women in China or Japan and that breast cancer risks for Asian women that migrate in the US increases over generations, becoming similar to that... (Continue reading)
A new drug could prove to be more effective in cancer treatment as tests show that it is about 200 times more active in killing tumor cells. The active agent comes from a class of drugs called bisphosphonates and it... (Continue reading)