Predicting Response To New Treatments In Colon Cancer
The Stem Cells and Cancer Research Group headed by Dr Hector G. Palmer at the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) has identified the molecular mechanisms that determine patients' response to certain drugs used in clinical trials for colon cancer treatment. The study led by VHIO also benefited from the collaboration with Professor Alberto Munoz´s laboratory at the Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas Alberto Sols, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IIB-CSIC-Madrid)... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

Doctors Test Milk Thistle To Counter Amanitin Toxins In The Liver Following 4 Acute Mushroom Poisonings In 2 Weeks
On September 12, 2011, a Springfield, Virginia man arrived at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (MGUH) in the early stages of liver failure. The man had mistakenly eaten poisonous mushrooms, handpicked from his yard. He would be the first of four patients in the course of two weeks to seek treatment at MGUH for mushroom (amanitin) poisoning... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)