cancerfighting

A rare cancer-fighting plant compound has been decoded

Researchers at UBC Okanagan have uncovered the process plants use to create mitraphylline, a rare natural compound that has attracted…

4 weeks ago

This cancer-fighting molecule took 50 years to build

MIT chemists have produced verticillin A in the lab for the first time. This fungal molecule was identified more than…

6 months ago

Gut microbes release cancer-fighting bile acids that block hormone signals

Bacteria naturally present in the human intestine (known as the gut microbiota) can transform cholesterol-derived bile acids into powerful metabolites…

1 year ago