Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men. Unfortunately, it is also the second leading cause of death from cancer in men in the United States. The treatment or therapy for prostate cancer usually involves surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. Due to these treatments, there are noticeable adverse effects on the patients during […]
Category: Fucoidan Research
In most circumstances, Autophagy promotes tumorigenesis. Cancer upregulates Autophagy. Additionally, the mechanism is reliable on microenvironmental stress, raises growth and aggressiveness, and promotes cancer. However, in some situations, Autophagy suppresses tumorigenesis. This study, in which Fucoidan induces Autophagy to improve cancer treatment, is groundbreaking. https://www.jci.org/articles/view/73941 Hence I would like to share the following research and […]
Radiation therapy is one of the most important and used cancer treatments. It is done by irradiating, it inhibits cancer cells. However, radiation therapy damages the normal cells while destroying the cancer cells. While it is beneficial in most cancer treatments, due to this therapy, many people suffer side effects after it. Also, according to […]
Many reports indicate that the antitumor activates of Fucoidan have been observed in vivo and in vitro. The mechanism underlying the antitumor activities of Fucoidan has been reported to include the induction of apoptosis, suppression of angiogenesis, and activation of cell-mediated immunity. In particular, Fucoidan increases the activity of natural killer cells in vivo. Fucoidan […]
Fucoidan is a sulfated polysaccharide derived from brown algae that have been proved to perform multiple biological activities. In the following study shared in the blog, I discuss the investigation to confirm whether Fucoidan has beneficial effects on endotoxemia induced by LPS (Endotoxin), a septic model in mice. The research focuses on survival rates and […]
In this article, I’d like to discuss the lesser-known but more prevalent issue across the world. Neuropathic pain is characterized by spontaneous pain, hyperalgesia, and allodynia, affecting millions of people worldwide. The therapies and remedies available are shown to be effective in managing neuropathic pain include opioid analgesics, anticonvulsants, and antidepressants. However, these treatments are […]
In this article, I want to discuss Fucoidan benefits and Aspirin-cause gastrointestinal ulcers in this blog. Stomach ulcers are very common issue, worldwide, and are not addressed properly. These stomach ulcers are caused when the balance between stomach acid and mucosa secretion protecting stomach acid is collapsed. Thus it makes the digestive acids eat away […]
In my previous blog, I discussed the fucoidan-anticancer effect on hepatocellular carcinoma. Now, in this article, I want to share additional details based on the research of “Anticancer effect of fucoidan on cell proliferation, cell cycle progression, genetic damage and apoptotic cell death in HepG2 cancer cells” by P. Arumugam et al. This extensive research […]
In this blog, we will discuss further details about fucoidan’s anti-cancer effect on estrogen receptor (ER) – mediated cancer such as breast cancer, endometrial cancer, and ovarian cancer related to the female hormone. Based on the research “A Fucus versiculosus extract inhibits estrogen receptor activation and induces cell death in female cancer cell lines” by […]
In this blog, I would like to discuss Human Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma Cells. Even though this cancer type is known for very low incidence, the prognosis is hard to predict. Hence, I would like to share how Fucoidan affects the mucoepidermoid carcinoma cells based on Hang-Eun Lee and colleagues’ research. Mucinous epidermoid cancer incidence is 0.1 […]