Nicole Steinmetz engineers plant virus nanoparticles into versatile drug-delivery platforms. This work expanded into cancer ...

Research shows that eating a plant-based diet may offer protective benefits for heart health and prevention against certain ...

When it comes to naming the dietary patterns offering the most protection against cancer, plant-based diets emerge as the winner for reducing the risk for several cancers sensitive to lifestyle ...

People who ate a primarily vegetarian diet had a reduced risk for overall cancer and for several specific cancers compared with people who were nonvegetarian, according to a study. This study focused ...

Mitraphylline belongs to a small group of molecules that are called spirooxindole alkaloids. These molecules have a twisted ring structure and can fight cancer tumors but the process that plants use ...

It is well-established science that plant-based diets have health benefits. Research published last year by the American Medical Association showed that people who followed diets built around whole ...

A virus from humble black-eyed peas is showing extraordinary promise in the fight against cancer. Unlike other plant viruses, the cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV) can awaken the human immune system and ...

A tree from China that helps fight cancer may soon find a home in Texas. Stephen F. Austin State University has received a U.S. plant variety patent on a version of the cancer-drug tree Camptotheca ...

A local business is planting trees and raising money for research as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 84 Lumber is celebrating its tenth annual “Going Pink” campaign by planting 840 trees and ...