International Day of childhood cancer.
February 15th

excerpts from a newreport (Google translated):

Every year, 2,500 new cases of cancer are diagnosed in children and adolescents, France.

Many doctors have no other choice but to prescribe medications for adults. The dosages are adapted to the weight of the child, but the risk of overdoses and thus increase toxicity, and degrees of effectiveness are difficult to assess.

In fact, "the cancer research is largely focused on adult cancers. Only 2% of funds are allocated to pediatric research ".The priority is therefore to invest more to" develop new molecules specific to children and accelerating clinical trials incorporating this age group. "

Source: Institut Gustave Roussy, National Cancer Institute (INCA), Association Imagine for Margo, February 5, 2015

An important part of the Mediterranean diet, here the average consumption is 12 litres of [extra vergine] olive oil per head (And the harvest failed big last year :(.

http://www.medicaldaily.com/olive-oil-compoun...werful-oleocanthal-322904

A form of saccharin, an artificial sweetener, could lead to the development of drugs to battle aggressive cancers

"Earlier research has established a protein called carbonic anhydrase IX (CA IX) as a potential target for drug treatments. This protein is present in a number of highly aggressive cancers, such as breast, lung, liver, kidney pancreas and brain. It works by regulating pH levels both in and surrounding cancer cells, giving them the ability to grow and spread to other parts of the body.

But a complication with this approach is that (CA IX) is very similar to 14 other carbonix anydrase proteins found in the body, which help keep everything in working order. Working out how CA IX could be targeted while leaving the beneficial proteins intact had proven a difficult task, but then a team of Italian scientists discovered that saccharin boasts exactly this capability, binding selectively to (CA IX) to hinder its activity.

The latest development comes at the hands of an international team of scientists who sought to build on this knowledge. They created a compound containing a molecule of glucose with similar chemical properties to saccharin, finding that it was 1,000 times more likely to bind to CA IX, and also reduced the amount of saccharin required to effectively inhibit the protein." etc.

More at http://www.gizmag.com/saccharin-cancer-fighting-drugs/36685/

Positive news from France:
Le carcinome du nasopharynx livre ses secrets
in french here
now the Google translation:

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma reveals its secrets

A CNRS team and the University of Lille comes to uncover the mechanism by which tumor cells of nasopharyngeal carcinoma proliferating. At the same time, they also offer a new therapeutic approach.

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is the third most common cancer associated with viral infection, after the liver cancer and that affecting the cervix. In 100% of cases, it is caused by the Epstein Barr virus. At present, this tumor is unresectable. It can be treated by radiotherapy possibly coupled with chemotherapy. Unfortunately, this strategy has limited efficacy and significant side effects. Hence the importance of seeking alternative therapies.

Researchers have tried to understand the inability of immune cells to defend the body, in case of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Thus, they have highlighted the role of exosomes. These cells dramatically limit the immune response, enabling the body to cancer and opportunistic infections to develop more quickly.

Then the scientists were able to synthesize a drug candidate to bind to exosomes and neutralize. Preclinical tests are ongoing. However, it will confirm the effectiveness of this treatment by new laboratory tests prior to clinical trials in humans.

Fighting cancer and Ebola with nanoparticles

In medicine, finding a substance that attacks cancerous tumors without destroying the healthy tissue around it has long been the Holy Grail.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/25/tech/webster-nanoparticles-cancer-mci/index.html

CJSL

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