October 28, 2015 | Community News, Hursting News, News, Research News
October 28, 2015 • The Breast Cancer Research Foundation seeks “to prevent and cure breast cancer by advancing the world’s most promising research.”Since 1993 BCRF-supported investigators have been deeply involved in every major advance in breast cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment. In 2015-2016, BCRF is awarding $48.5 million in grants to more than 240 scientists to advance this work. Among those recipients is Stephen Hursting, Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor of Nutrition at the UNC Nutrition Research Institute.
May 27, 2015 | pub-warrier
April 29, 2015 | Community News, News, reading, Research News
April 29, 2015 • It’s spring! Farmers markets are opening and these are great places to find a variety of local, seasonal produce, which flourishes now. Making room for these powerhouses in your everyday food choices is important for your health. A 2012 peer-reviewed analysis in Food and Chemical Toxicology states that approximately 20,000 cancer cases could be prevented every year if one-half of Americans were to increase their serving of fruits and vegetables by one serving per day.
April 1, 2015 | Community News, Hursting News, News, Research News
April 1, 2015 • For the first time, a report from an ongoing systematic review of global research finds that drinking coffee lowers risk for liver cancer, a disease that is increasing in the U.S. and the second leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide.
Today’s report also finds strong evidence linking body fatness to increased risk for liver cancer. This means that liver cancer now officially joins the growing list of cancers caused by overweight and obesity. Sixty-nine percent of U.S. adults are currently overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
February 3, 2015 | Hursting News, seminar-cancer, seminars
Dr. Stephen Hursting, Ph.D., M.P.H.
December 30, 2014 | pub-exposome, pub-natalia, pub-natalia-environment, pub-sergey, pub-sergey-environment
Rho GTPases RhoA and Rac1 mediate effects of dietary folate on metastatic potential of A549 cancer cells through the control of cofilin phosphorylation.
Oleinik NV, Helke KL, Kistner-Griffin E, Krupenko NI, Krupenko SA.
J Biol Chem. 2014 Sep 19;289(38):26383-94. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M114.569657. Epub 2014 Aug 1.
PMID: 25086046
December 30, 2014 | pub-genotype, pub-martin, pub-martin-genotype, publications
Association between MTHFR C677T, MTHFR A1298C and MS A2756G polymorphisms and risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia II/III and cervical cancer: a meta-analysis.
Zhu J, Wu L, Kohlmeier M, Ye F, Cai W.
Mol Med Rep. 2013 Sep;8(3):919-27. doi: 10.3892/mmr.2013.1589. Epub 2013 Jul 16.
PMID: 23864153
December 30, 2014 | pub-cancer, pub-hursting, publications
Calorie restriction and cancer prevention: a mechanistic perspective.
Hursting SD, Dunlap SM, Ford NA, Hursting MJ, Lashinger LM.
Cancer Metab. 2013 Mar 7;1(1):10. doi: 10.1186/2049-3002-1-10.
PMID: 24280167 [PubMed]
