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Blocking cancer cells from growing back after chemotherapy

Blocking cancer cells from growing back after chemotherapy

Aug 25, 2015 | Conditions, Medical Research, treatment

Chemotherapy kills cancer cells, but it can also trigger the immune system to repair the tumor that was supposed to be destroyed. After chemo has killed cancer cells in a tumor, white blood cells can cluster around the site in an attempt to heal the ‘wounded’ tumor. These white blood cells may actually be responsible […]

Salt Wards Off Infection?

Salt Wards Off Infection?

Mar 5, 2015 | animal research, animals helping animals, animals helping humans, Conditions

Salt, no salt. What to do? Excess salt in the diet brings on heart disease, strokes, and even makes autoimmune disease worse. And now, it may make healing that cut a little easier. Researchers at Vanderbilt University say that mice that ate a diet with higher than normal salt, had an immune system boost against […]

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