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 […]
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 […]
