 |
December 23, 2012 Chinese medicine yields secrets to scientists at The Scripps Research Institute LA
JOLLA, CA December
23, 2012 - The
mysterious inner
workings of Chang Shan
- a Chinese herbal
medicine used for
thousands of years to
treat fevers
associated with
malaria - have been uncovered thanks to a high-resolution structure solved at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) |
 |
May 20 2011
Beta-Elemene-induced Autophagy Protects Human Gastric Cancer Cells from Undergoing Apoptosis – "Beta-Elemene, a compound found in an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine, has shown promising anti-cancer effects against a broad spectrum of tumors…" |
 |
Apr 27 2011
Curcumin Naturally Fights Cancer, Heart Disease, Alzheimer`s Disease and Obesity – "Curcumin is one of a small number of super nutrients which has the demonstrated ability to dramatically lower the risk from cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer`s disease…" |
 |
Feb 17 2009
Natural Plant Chemicals Work Together in Herbal Remedy to Halt Cancer Growth – " The traditional Chinese herb Scutellaria contains chemicals that together can significantly slow the growth of cancer…" |
 |
Feb 06 2009
East Meets West – "Integrating Chinese Medicine may ease side effects…" |
 |
Jan 29 2009
Red Rice Yeast Slows Prostate Cancer – " A recent study in the Journal of Medicinal Food finds that red yeast rice can significantly slow the growth of prostate cancer cells…" |
 |
Feb 27 2008
Indian Herb May Prevent Liver Cancer – " Research shows the extract of a plant that grows in india, A. iliciflius, prevents cancer-related DNA…" |
 |
Apr 22nd 2007
Merged Sciences May Aid Cancer Treatment
– "
Western science and traditional Eastern medicine could be combined to enhance treatment of cancer and other diseases
…" |
 |
Jan 30th 2007
Chinese folk remedy may yield antitumor
substances
– " There are a number of naturally occurring chemicals that are used in phototherapy of skin diseases …" |
 |
Aug 1st 2006
Mushroom extract may boost prostate cancer drug
– " Extracts from a mushroom used for centuries in Eastern Asian medicine may be able to boost the power of a leading …" |
 |
Apr 26th 2006
Healing plants found in Borneo forest: WWF – "Plants thought to help treat or cure cancer, AIDS and malaria have been found in the rainforests of Borneo, a report from the Swiss-based …" |
 |
Mar 30th 2006
Ginseng Tied to Better Breast Cancer Survival – " Women who use the herb ginseng may be more likely to survive breast cancer, and have a better quality of life after treatment …" |
 |
Nov 9th 2005
Rare herb could treat melanoma – "
A traditional Vietnamese medicinal herb may have useful anti-melanoma properties
…" |
 |
Sep 28th 2004
Herbal remedies 'do work' – "
Scientific tests on a range of traditional remedies have shown they have "real benefits", researchers say …" |
 |
Aug 2nd 2004
Herbal medicine significantly inhibited the growth of gastric tumor, pharmacological study – " A team of researchers in University of Hong Kong has been studying a kind of herbal medicine in …" |
 |
Jul 5th 2004
Mint hope for cancer cure
– " SCIENTISTS at Salford University are working on a possible cure for cancer - from mint leaves…" |
 |
Jun 20th 2004
University of Missouri's Southwest Center is trying to determine whether a traditional Chinese herbal medicine can help prevent lung cancer – " Mount Vernon - Starting with an unassuming plant that…" |
 |
May 5th 2004
Chinese Herb May Have Cancer Fighting Properties–
" NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A popular Chinese herb was able
to ward off the development of cancerous abnormalities in…" |
 |
May 2004
Cancer chemopreventive activity of a mixture of Chinese herbs (antitumor B) in mouse lung tumor models. |
 |
Mar 23rd 2004
USPTO Supports Greater Protection for
Traditional Knowledge and Folklore–
"The Commerce Department's United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO) supported..." |
 |
Mar 2004
Rasagenthi lehyam (RL) a novel complementary
and alternative medicine for prostate cancer  |
 |
Mar 2004
Experimental Study on Antitumor Effects of Dioscorea in Vitro |
 |
Feb 19th 2004
Eye of the Dragon–
“The sweet longan…literally means dragon eye…used
as a herb in traditional Chinese medicine…anti-cancer and anti-aging
food also nurtures kidneys, lungs…” |
 |
Feb 4th 2004
HK receives grants for Chinese Medicine
study projects – “…Chinese
University of Hong Kong (CUHK) announced her Wednesday that the National
Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine..."
|
 |
Feb 2004
Treatment
of Post-remission Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Lingxiong Piaoling Power
and Longchan Cigu Decoction  |
 |
Feb 2004
Triptolide
down-regulates bcr-abl expression and induces apoptosis in chronic
myelogenous leukemia cells.
 |
 |
Jan 2004
Gleditsia sinensis fruit extract induced growth inhibition involves basic fibroblast growth factor and nitric oxide.  |
 |
Jan 2004
In vitro cytotoxic activity of Thai medicinal plants used traditionally to treat cancer.  |
 |
Nov 2003
Aqueous extract of herba Scutellaria
barbatae, a chinese herb used for ovarian cancer, induces apoptosis
of ovarian cancer cell lines.  |
 |
Oct 28th 2003
Skullcap for Cancer–
“…some of the newest cancer-fighting drugs. But…New
studies show anticancer effects in ginger, tea made from a Chinese
herb called barbed skullca, and…"
 |
 |
Sep 2003
Antitumor and antimetastatic activities of Angelica keiskei roots, Part 1: Isolation of an active substance, xanthoangelol. |
 |
Aug 2003
In
vitro anticancer activities of Leonurus heterophyllus sweet (Chinese
motherwort herb).  |
 |
Aug 2003
Biologic
activity of spores and dried powder from Ganoderma lucidum for the
inhibition of highly invasive human breast and prostate cancer cells.
 |
 |
July 31st 2003
Scientists Find Antitumor Compounds In Magnolia Cones– “
The beloved southern magnolia, state flower of Louisiana and Mississippi, could provide more to cancer patients than shade and…" |
 |
Mar 2003
Magnolol induces apoptosis in human
leukemia cells via cytochrome c release and caspase activation.  |
 |
Mar 2003
New TNF-alpha releasing inhibitors
as cancer preventive agents from traditional herbal medicine and combination
cancer prevention study with EGCG and sulindac or tamoxifen.
 |
 |
Feb 2003
ERK signaling pathway is involved in p15INK4b/p16INK4a
expression and HepG2 growth inhibition triggered by TPA and Saikosaponin
a.  |
 |
Feb 2003
Phyllanthus urinaria triggers the apoptosis
and Bcl-2 down-regulation in Lewis lung carcinoma cells.  |
 |
Jan 2003
Triptolide
inhibits the growth and metastasis of solid tumors.
 |
 |
Jan 2003
Effect
of bitter melon (Momordica charantia Linn) on level and function of
natural killer cells in cervical cancer patients with radiotherapy.
 |
 |
2003
Studies of herbal supplements KSC-SPES vs Equiguard on normal and cancer cells of the prostate. |
 |
Oct 17th 2002
Chinese
Herb Found Effective in Controlling Liver Cancer–
“Traditional Chinese herb Ganoderma lucidum is proving effective
in limiting the growth of liver cancer.A research team..." |
 |
Aug 19th 2002
British experts urge study of exotic mushrooms for cancer treatment– “LONDON (Reuters Health) - Mushrooms used in traditional Asian medicines have the potential to yield treatment..." |
 |
July 9th 2002
Local breakthrough in anti-cancer herbs discovered
from Taiwan's United Daily News–
“A major breakthrough has been made in a locally developed anti-cancer
medicine with…” |
 |
July 2002
Clinical Study on Effect of Astragalus in Efficacy Enhancing and Toxicity Reducing of Chemotherapy in Patients of Malignant Tumor.  |
 |
May 2002
Cellular
pharmacology studies of shikonin derivatives.  |
 |
Apr 2002
[The effect of L-Glutamine and Shakuyaku-Kanzo-to forpaclitaxel-induced myalgia/arthralgia] |
 |
Apr 2002
Japanese Herbal Medicine in Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer: Prolongation of Survival? |
 |
Jan 16th 2002
Herb extract appears to trigger 'suicide' in
cancer cells –“
People with cancer may find new hope in the form of an old Chinese
herb. An extract of the herb, called triptolide…” |
 |
Jun 12th 2000
UCSF begins studies of Chinese and Tibetan herbal remedies for breast cancer–“ Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, have begun several studies of …” |
 |
Nov 1999
[Studies of Echinopsis multiplex on antineoplastic
effects]  |