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The U. S. Food and Drug Administration today posted warning letters addressed to 14 U.S.-based companies illegally selling more than 65 products that fraudulently claim to prevent, diagnose, treat or cure cancer. The products are marketed and sold without FDA approval, most commonly on websites and social media platforms.

Immunotherapy with T-cells offers great hope to people suffering from cancer. Some initial successes have already been made in treating blood cancer, but treating solid tumors remains a major challenge. The signaling molecule interferon gamma, which is produced by T-cells, plays a key role in the therapy. It cuts off the blood supply to tumors, as a new study in the journal Nature reveals.

Athens, Ga. — High-fat foods are often the primary target when fighting obesity, but sugar-laden «diet» foods could be contributing to unwanted weight gain as well, according to a new study from the University of Georgia.

American Heart Association Rapid Access Journal Report

Cervical cancer is often deadly when it recurs and physician scientists want to know if a new therapeutic vaccine can prevent or reduce recurrence in women at high risk for its return.

SibFU biotechnologists constructed and researched biological hybrid tissue-engineering systems made of biodegradable polymers «Bioplastotan» in combination with osteoblasts. In 2017, an article concerning the results of conducted research was published in the Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A.

Study by UC San Diego cognitive scientist advocates computer programming skills for all ages

Genetically identical mice develop different smell receptors in response to their environments