A little-known mouse protein disrupts cancer-causing chemical changes to genes associated with human colorectal cancer cells and potentially could be used to treat solid tumors, according to a new ...

Specifically, beta-and alpha-carotene from carrots do not provide the reduction in tumour numbers in a mouse model of colon cancer found when feeding the corresponding dose of freeze-dried carrot.

The regimen, tested so far in mouse models and on human colon cancer tissue ... polyps outright. Since APC is deficient or mutated in other types of cancer, the combination therapy could become ...