Previous studies have shown that broccoli can cut the risk of developing breast cancer. Recent research conducted by Leslie Wilson, professor of biochemistry and pharmacology, and Mary Ann Jordan, adjunct professor in the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology revealed that compounds present in broccoli that help in removing toxic substances from the body.
Researchers found that compounds known isothiocyanates present in broccoli works in similar manner to taxol and vincristine, which are chemotherapy drugs that kill rapidly growing cancer cells.
An anti-malaria drug is being developed by the DRDO from an herb found in the north-east, which may be used as a better alternative to usual drugs like Chloroquine.
Scientists in Australia and China have found a new way to fight dengue. Till now there is no vaccine or cure for dengue fever. Their study revealed that infecting the Aedes aegypti mosquito species that carry the dengue virus mosquitoes with engineered bacteria known as Wolbachia can cut their lives short and reduce the probability of transmitting dengue and other diseases. 
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men. It is estimated that 186,000 cases will be detected last year, and the dreaded disease will claim close to twenty eight thousand lives. 
Recent research has revealed that transfusion of young blood increased the chances of survival in animals challenged with leukaemia and breast cancer. "Young" blood is the blood which has been stored for less than nine days.
Research team led by Cardiologist Svati Shah at the Duke University School of Medicine discovered a gene, presence of which increases the risk of suffering a heart attack before a person turn 40. Study revealed that a variant of the gene called NPY makes people susceptible to early coronary artery disease. 
