Category: Science
Scientific articles and discussions, with my comments and take on the topics therein.
Depleting/blocking cysteine (a reductant and glutathione precursor) found to be therapeutic in cancer
Ray wrote many articles about the redox state of cancer cells and their overall reductive state. In…
Phase II human study with vitamin B3 for brain cancer (glioblastoma)
This type of cancer is one of the deadliest and even with treatment the prognosis is very…
Vitamin A and thyroid are crucial for good eyesight in humans
I know I will get hatemail again due to mentioning again the benefits of vitamin A, but…
Endotoxin/LPS can cause spontaneous abortion by raising nitric oxide (NO)
I am posting this study as a kind of a follow-up on the one I posted just…
Nitrate exposure from drinking water, even below regulatory limits, increases dementia risk
Years ago, I did a post on a study showing that exposure to nitrates from processed foods…
Intermittent fasting may worsen diabetes type II
The topic of intermittent fasting is a very controversial one and something that generates heated debates in…
Global warming increases the degradation of a gas that…causes global warming
No, this is not the Onion, though it might as well be. I am only posting this…
Even mild inhibition of oxidative metabolism may cause szhizophrenia, naicinamide reverses it
An excellent set of studies, demonstrating that another “mysterious” and “genetically-predisposed” condition can be caused entirely by…
The lethal condition ALS may be simply a symptom of severe stress (high cortisol, low androgens), and likely curable
Yet another mysterious and lethal condition – amyotropic lateral sclerosis (ALS) – for which no treatment currently…
High-fat diet ups cortisol/serotonin (5-HT), hinders 5-HT deactivation, causes leaky gut and systemic inflammation
I am sure I will get a lot of hate-mail about this, but frankly this is not…