MALARIA PROTEIN USED FOR CANCER TREATMENT.

Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to the malaria parasite because it produces a protein that binds readily to a sugar molecule in the placenta. This same sugar molecule is also found in most cancer cells; researchers have shown it is possible to attach anticancer drugs to the malaria protein and use it to deliver them precisely to tumors by targeting the sugar. While the fact that the same sugar molecule (a type of chondroitin sulfate) is found in both the placenta and most cancers is not surprising - since both have cells that grow fast - the evidence for this has only surfaced recently, as senior author Mads Daugaard, an assistant professor of urologic science at UBC, explains: Once the team discovered that the malaria parasite uses a protein it produces called VAR2CSA to embed itself in the placenta, they immediately saw the potential to use the process as a way to target cancer drugs to tumors. Read more;http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/300939.php

VITAMIN C AND COLORECTAL CANCER.

Vitamin C ,a nutritional supplement with potent anti oxidant properties has been identified as a cure for certain forms of cancer. Colorectal cancer which is prevalent and difficult to treat has been found to respond to vitamin c oxidation,thus giving another reason to take vitamin c.The vitamin is found in high levels in oranges, and using about 300 oranges ,there has been a reaction on the tumor cells. Read more http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/302220.php

AFRICAN ELEPHANTS AND CANCER IN MAN.

Anew study indicates that successful cancer treatment can be studied and analyzed from reaction of elephants to cancer cells.The research revealed that elephants possess at least 20 copies of a major tumor-suppressor gene called TP53, while healthy humans only have one copy, with two alleles (gene variants) inherited from each parent. People with LFS only inherit one functioning allele of the TP53 gene, according to the team, putting them at a 90-100% lifetime risk for cancer. The researchers explain that the TP53 gene plays role in the response to DNA damage by triggering a form of cell death called apoptosis via the p53 protein. Compared with human lymphocytes, the researchers found that elephant lymphocytes were subject to p53-induced apoptosis at higher rates. Based on their findings, the team suggests the additional copies of the TP53 gene and increased p53-induced apoptosis in elephants have evolved to protect them against cancer. Read more; http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/300639.php

MICROSCOPE MADE FROM SMART PHONES.

Learn how smart phones are simplifying disease diagnosis;http://news.sciencemag.org/africa/2015/05/microscope-made-smart-phone-diagnoses-deadly-african-parasite

FECES TO ENERGY # WORLD TOILET DAY.

Feces can be used as an alternate source of energy.The same technique of using animal waste to biogas is applicable to human waste.This study extols more value from the waste-wealth programme. http://news.sciencemag.org/environment/2015/11/human-feces-developing-world-could-power-millions-homes

HOW DEEP EARTH WATER MAKES DIAMOND AND OIL.

Interesting??? read how new study uncovered how diamonds and oil are formed by various interactions under pressure with rock and water. http://news.sciencemag.org/space/2015/11/how-buried-water-makes-diamonds-and-oil

GUT MICROBES GIVES ANTICANCER TREATMENT A BOOST.

Gut microbes have been discovered to give a boost to anticancer drugs. A recent study explains the method of typing gut microbes to reduce tumor growth,the study can be read here; http://news.sciencemag.org/chemistry/2015/11/vitamin-c-kills-tumor-cells-hard-treat-mutation