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Images of ketogenic diet for cancer treatment

However, mouse models of ketogenic nephropathy showed improved renal function treatment KD use. Int J Cancer. Effect of insulin on cancer loss and tumour growth in a cachexia model. The keto diet is not necessarily high in protein. They reported improved emotional well-being and reduced insomnia, without any negative side effects caused by the diet… Read More: Images of ketogenic diet for cancer treatment »

Medical News Today: Cancer: Using copper to boost immunotherapy

An interdisciplinary group of scientists has successfully destroyed tumor cells in mice by using nano-sized copper compounds alongside immunotherapy. Importantly, the tumors did not return after the treatment ceased. According to the World Health Organization, cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide — in 2018, it was responsible for approximately 9.6 million deaths.… Read More: Medical News Today: Cancer: Using copper to boost immunotherapy »

Blood pressure drug improves response to cancer therapy

Scientists at Heidelberg University Hospital and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have discovered that a drug to lower blood pressure alters the tissue characteristics of secondary tumours, or metastases, from colon cancer. The ‘stiffness’ of these metastases has an effect on the success of cancer therapies. The results are published in Cancer Cell. Heidelberg… Read More: Blood pressure drug improves response to cancer therapy »