Journal of Cancer Treatment and Research

Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2018

  • Models of Distribution of Electric Field of Primary Cilia as Monopole Antennas

    Josef Dvorak, Bohuslav Melichar, Alzbeta Filipova, Tomas Korinek, Nela Grimova, Jana Grimova, Aneta Rozsypalova, Jan Proks, Tomas Buchler, Igor Richter

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2018
    Pages: 37-43
    Received: Aug. 19, 2018
    Accepted: Oct. 11, 2018
    Published: Nov. 07, 2018
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    Abstract: Background: The primary cilium is a solitary, chemosensory and mechanosensory, non-motile microtubule-based organelle which in the quiescent cell cycle phase projects from the surface of most cells in vertebrates, including humans. A hypothesis has been proposed that the cell endogenous electromagnetic field results from a unique cooperating system... Show More
  • Ethyl Acetate Extract of Senna alata (L) Roxb Increases Cytotoxicity in the Human Breast, Prostate and Colorectal Cancer Cells

    Blessing Onyegeme-Okerenta, Keith Spriggs, Tracey Bradshaw

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2018
    Pages: 44-53
    Received: Nov. 07, 2018
    Accepted: Nov. 22, 2018
    Published: Dec. 17, 2018
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    Abstract: The objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of ethyl acetate extract of Senna alata (L) Roxb on some human carcinomas - MCF 7 (human breast), C4-2WT (prostate), HT 29 and HTC 116 (colorectal) cell lines. Screening assays carried out to determine cytotoxicity include: - MTT (3- (4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide),... Show More