Hello! you have reached the official blog spot of our lab which is based at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Urology - our main area of study is prostate cancer, nutrition, and epigenetics - but we also study changes in gene expression in benign-prostatic hyperplasia - we have made this blog so as we can share thoughts about the lab, papers that are just published and anything else remotely relevant at any time, and from anywhere!
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Monday, September 19, 2011
Fish oil can block chemo!
This is not directly related to our current interests, nevertheless I thought I'd mention it here because it is relevant to studies of nutrition and cancer -- basically Emile Voest used a proteomics study to identify two pretty much previously minor fatty acids - that were induced in cancer-protecting mesenchymal stem cells in response to cisplatin treatment -- these same fatty acids are found in "fish oil" capsules that many people take in order to prevent cancer, making this study very interesting -- and basically suggesting that certain nutrients are good in preventing cancer, maybe not so good during chemotherapy or after a cancer diagnosis -- the study was published in Cancer Cell - click here to read it if you have access
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