A few days ago Prof. Aggarwal’s senior administrative assistant sent me a message with an unexpected and very welcome attachment: the full report (yippee!) on the pancreatic cancer-curcumin clinical trial that has been taking place at MD Anderson in Texas. The report was published in the July 15 issue of “Clinical Cancer Research” (see abstract: http://tinyurl.com/6fjk59).
This was a Phase II study [...]
This morning I took a bit of time off to go through a few of my piled-up Science Daily newsletters, and, after reading about the extraordinary discovery of a 700-year-old Mexican mummy suffering, when alive of course (an alive mummy…), from a Helicobacter pylori infection (remember my MGUS and H. pylori post?), I came across a study (see the [...]
A July 14 Science Daily article (see: http://tinyurl.com/5dy7xo) tells us that honokiol, extracted from the magnolia tree and used in Eastern traditional medicine for a variety of ailments, has recently (?) been found to target tumors with activated Ras. And Ras refers to a family of genes whose mutation stimulates the growth of several types of cancers. Although [...]
The double-edged sword is iron. Our bodies need it in order to function normally, but too much iron can increase the risk of developing cancer by promoting free radicals, and let’s also not forget that, once you have cancer, your cancer cells eagerly gobble up this metal, which is essential to their growth and wellbeing.
But too little [...]
My students sent me this card today, with the following message:
Tantissimi Auguroni, Teacher!!!!!!!
I liked it so much that I had to post it.
Hehe!
Somehow all my students found out that tomorrow is my birthday. Not sure how that happened…I must have mentioned it in connection with my mother’s birthday. No matter.
At any rate, on Tuesday my most comical student, “Colleague C” (see my May 21st post, “All in good fun”), asked me: How old will you be on [...]
I would like to mention that yesterday I updated my links to articles and studies, but mainly I put them in order by publication year. I hope that will make my blog more user-friendly (for me, too, eh…sometimes I have to do a search of my OWN blog to find stuff…!).
Now, let me explain the rather intriguing title of today’s post: the July 14 online edition [...]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM!!!
80 (today) and still going strong…!!!
I love you!!!
Un bacione!!!
This morning I have a cat story to tell. About a month ago, I heard the unmistakable, heart-chilling sound of desperate kittens crying. The noise was coming from my next door neighbour’s terrace. I peeked over the wall and saw my neighbour, a very sweet elderly lady, wringing her hands in distress. With tears in [...]
I came across a colourful article on curcumin and turmeric in the July issue of “Men’s Health”: http://tinyurl.com/654lqk It was written by a reporter who travelled to India to find out more about turmeric. Among other things, he describes his visits to India’s largest producer of ingredients for the flavor and fragrance industry (where turmeric is processed, too), [...]