Published in Health Risk Factor Week, December 5th, 2006
This trend article about Keio University, Japan, is an immediate alert from NewsRx to identify developing directions of research.
Study 1: Hepatocellular cancer (HCC) apoptosis could be induced by cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor and interferon (IFN)-beta synergistically.
According to recent research from Japan, "Recent clinical trials have shown that IFN is effective for chemoprevention against HCC. However, it remains controversial as to whether IFN exerts direct cytotoxicity against HCC."
"COX-2 also plays a role in hepatocarcinogenesis and may...
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