It feels like everywhere we turn we hear about various cancers affecting numerous parts of the body: brain, blood, lymph nodes, lungs, bone, etc. But when was the last time you heard about cancer in one’s heart? Due to its muscular, non-fatty nature along with significant assistance from the pericardium (the membrane around your heart) it is extremely rare for the heart to develop a tumor. Learn more here >>
http://www.medicaldaily.com/rhabdomyosarcomas-and-other-heart-cancers-are-so-extremely-rare-its-if-they-didnt-310714
The idea that one can fight cancer by boosting the immune system, known as immunotherapy, is nothing new and in fact dates back to the late 19th century.
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Researchers studying the DNA of brain cancer cells have possibly discovered a new reason that these cells grow uncontrollably.
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The myxoma virus, found in wild rabbits in Australia and parts of Europe, shows promise in helping to kill brain tumor cells. When the virus is paired with existing drugs to fight glioblastomas, the effectiveness of killing the brain tumor cells is increased. Learn more here >>http://www.abta.org/secure/virus-drug-combination-shows.html
Another disease is making headlines as a potential cure for cancer. Scientists are claiming that when malaria proteins are attached to cancer cells, the tumors could be burrowed into and destroyed. Read more about this new trial treatment here >> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/cure-for-cancer-might-accidentally-have-been-found-and-it-could-be-malaria-a6693601.html
