Pharmacology/ Therapeutics News for November 2018

Pharmacology/ Therapeutics News Archive

Sugar Supplement Slows Tumour Growth and can Improve Cancer Treatment Sugar Supplement Slows Tumour Growth and can Improve Cancer Treatment

Mannose sugar, a nutritional supplement, can both slow tumour growth and enhance the effects of chemotherapy in mice with multiple types of cancer.

Skeletal imitation reveals how bones grow atom-by-atom Skeletal imitation reveals how bones grow atom-by-atom

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have discovered how our bones grow at an atomic level, showing how an unstructured mass orders itself into a perfectly arranged bone structure. The discovery offers new insights, which could yield improved new implants, as well as increasing our knowledge of bone diseases such as osteoporosis.