Oncology Product Guide » Carcinogens http://www.oncologyproductguide.com/blog A comprehensive guide to oncology products for medical professionals Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:00:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 IARC: Tanning beds and lamps carcenogenic http://www.oncologyproductguide.com/blog/2009/07/30/iarc-tanning-beds-and-lamps-carcenogenic/ http://www.oncologyproductguide.com/blog/2009/07/30/iarc-tanning-beds-and-lamps-carcenogenic/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:28:30 +0000 Jim Marino http://www.oncologyproductguide.com/blog/?p=105 IARCThe International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) announced in the new issue of the Lance Oncology that the use of sunbeds and sunlamps is definitively “carcinogenic to humans.” Until now, the committee of experts who advise the World Health Organization had not confirmed a link between tanning beds, sunlamps and cancer. The new assessment puts sunbed use on a par with smoking or exposure to asbestos.

]]> http://www.oncologyproductguide.com/blog/2009/07/30/iarc-tanning-beds-and-lamps-carcenogenic/feed/ 0 Protein building tRNA may be cancer causing http://www.oncologyproductguide.com/blog/2008/05/06/protein-building-trna-may-be-cancer-causing/ http://www.oncologyproductguide.com/blog/2008/05/06/protein-building-trna-may-be-cancer-causing/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 18:30:40 +0000 Jim Marino http://www.oncologyproductguide.com/blog/2008/05/06/protein-building-trna-may-be-cancer-causing/ MoleculeAccording 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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