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In the U.S. alone, diabetes -- the inability of a body to control its blood sugar -- is diagnosed in 2,200 people a day.

Smokers not only are more prone to lung and heart disease than non-smokers, they also are more vulnerable to diseases of gum.

 

Phytochemicals As Cancer Fighters
Phytochemicals as Cancer Fighters

 

 

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A Virus shows promising result in Cancer treatment

 

A virus that has been genetically engineered to home in on and destroy cancer cells has shown strong and lasting effects against tumors in patients when combined with standard chemotherapy.

Twenty-five out of 30 patients with head and neck cancer saw their tumors shrink after they were treated with Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s ONYX-015 along with chemotherapy, researchers reported. Eight tumors disappeared.

ONYX-015 is an adenovirus, a relative of common cold viruses, that has been genetically engineered to attack cells that lack normal p53, a gene that helps repair cancer-causing damage. This makes it technically a gene therapy drug, although unlike other gene therapy approaches, ONYX-015 does not repair or replace a faulty gene.