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Cancer risks double when two carcinogens present at ‘safe’ levels, epigenetics study finds

However, new research conducted by Texas Tech University scientists has found that low doses of both chemicals together — even at levels low enough to be considered "safe" for humans if they were on their own — can cause cancer in prostate cells. The combination of the two chemicals was almost twice as likely to create cancer in prostate cells, the research found. The study published online in the peer-reviewed journal The Prostate. Kamaleshwar Singh, an assistant professor at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) at Texas Tech said the findings could have an impact on health regulations regarding the "safe" doses of these chemicals and others…

Protein in blood exerts natural anti-cancer protection

The study, published June 24 online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests it may be possible to harness the power of this naturally occurring anticancer agent as a way to treat cancer, including metastases. In several different publications it has been described the ability of decorin to affect a number of biological processes including inflammatory responses, wound healing, and angiogenesis. In this new article, the study’s senior investigator, Renato Iozzo, M.D., Ph.D., has labeled decorin a "soluble tumor repressor" — the first to be found that specifically targets new blood vessels, which are pushed to grow by the cancer, and forces the vessel cells to "eat" their internal components. …