Researchers at University of Rochester Medical Center have found that an antioxidant that occurs naturally in wine may reach and destroy mitochondria, thereby destroying the pancreatic cancer cells. The researchers further say that the link between the mitochondria and antioxidant is significant, since mitochondria has its own DNA and is the core power supplier for the cells.

According to the Wichita Eagle, the operating funds of the Kansas Early Detection Works program, which provides uninsured low-income women in the state with breast cancer and cervical cancer screenings at no cost, have depleted, resulting in a delay of almost all cancer screenings until July 1. The program officials have, however, reserved some funding for women who display symptoms of breast or cervical cancer. Apart from receiving about $2.3 million per annum from CDC, the program receives some funding from the state and the Mid-Kansas affiliate of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation.

According to the scientists at Cancer Research UK’s Beatson Institute in Glasgow, a common molecule that plays an important role in protein building may also act as a cancer trigger. During the research, the ovarian cells were boosted with extra tRNA in the laboratory and the cells turned cancerous as a result.

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According to research published in Science, animals have been shown to be protected against radiation therapy damage in cancer by a modified version of a natural intestinal protein. The intestinal protein, flagellin, is produced by the bacteria, that live within the body, to stop the intestinal cells from starting programmed cell death process known as apoptosis.