Gut microbial enzymes involved in colonic metabolism and gut toxicity of triclosan
NUS, October 3 2022
NUS food scientist found that certain gut microbial enzymes can cause the reactivation of triclosan (TCS) from its inactive metabolite ...
Microbes in the Gut Drive Toxicity of Environmental Chemical
Argonne National Laboratory, July 11 2022
More diseases have been attributed to chronic inflammation of intestinal tissues in the last few decades and have been linked to environmental chemicals such as triclosan...
Guodong Zhang, a Rising Star from the Bruce Hammock Lab, Wins Interntionial Award
UC-Davis, August 12, 2021
Congratulations are in order! Associate professor Guodong Zhang of the University of Massachusetts' Department of Food Science and a former UC Davis postdoctoral scholar...
Here’s another reason you should think twice before eating fried foods
Boston Globe, August 27, 2019
Here’s another reason you should think twice before eating fried foods. In a paper published last week in Cancer Prevention Research, University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers…
STUDY SHOWS FRYING OIL CONSUMPTION WORSENED COLON CANCER AND COLITIS IN MICE
UMass-Amherst, August 23, 2019
AMHERST, Mass. – Foods fried in vegetable oil are popular worldwide, but research about the health effects of this cooking technique has been largely inconclusive…
UMASS AMHERST FOOD SCIENTIST RECEIVES YOUNG SCIENTIST RESEARCH AWARD
UMass-Amherst, March 19, 2019
AMHERST, Mass. – Guodong Zhang, assistant professor of food science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst…
DISCOVERY OF COLON CANCER PATHWAY COULD LEAD TO NEW TARGETED TREATMENTS
UMass-Amherst, February 25, 2019
AMHERST, MASS. – University of Massachusetts Amherst food science researchers have pinpointed a set of enzymes involved in tumor growth that could be targeted to prevent or treat colon cancer...
IDENTIFYING THE MECHANISM IN OBESITY’S LINK TO COLON CANCER
UMass-Amherst, April 30, 2018
AMHERST, Mass. – In a recent finding, doctoral candidates Weicang Wang and Jianan Zhang, with their advisor Guodong Zhang…
Hammock and Zhang labs: Targeting Obesity-Enhanced Colon Cancer
UC-Davis, April 30, 2018
A newly published study by researchers at the University of Massachusetts and the University of California, Davis sheds new light on the mechanisms involved in obesity-enhanced colon cancer…
UMass Amherst food scientists discover how obesity could be linked to colon cancer
Boston Globe, April 30, 2018
University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have identified an enzyme that might be responsible for increased colon inflammation in obese people…
TRICLOSAN, A COMMON ANTIMICROBIAL INGREDIENT IN TOOTHPASTE, SOAPS, LINKED TO COLONIC INFLAMMATION, ALTERED GUT MICROBIOTA
UMass-Amherst, May 30, 2018
AMHERST, Mass. – A large research team led by senior author Guodong Zhang at the University of Massachusetts Amherst reports…
Triclosan could be really harmful to your gut, and it’s probably in your toothpaste
Los Angeles Times, MAY 31, 2018
Triclosan, an antimicrobial agent found in toys, toothpaste, cosmetics and more than 2,000 other consumer products…
This common household additive could lead to bowel irritation
CBC News, May 31, 2018
Triclosan is an additive that was developed in the 1960s to kill microbes...
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Elvira wins Rising Researcher Award
UMass-Amherst, December 11, 2015
Five Selected as UMass Amherst Rising Researchers…
New combination drug controls tumor growth, metastasis in mice
Science Daily, July 14, 2014
Researchers at UC Davis, University of Massachusetts and Harvard Medical School have created a combination drug that controls both tumor growth and metastasis…
Fatty acid metabolite inhibits tumor growth in mice
NIH/NIEHS, May 2013
According to a recent NIEHS-funded study, a product from the metabolism of omega-3 fatty acid helps combat cancer…
Fatty acid metabolite shows promise against cancer in mice
Science Daily, April 2, 2013
A team of UC Davis scientists has found that a product resulting from a metabolized omega-3 fatty acid helps combat cancer…
