Research scientists from the U.S. National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research have discovered a drug that protects stem cells and could prevent cancer patients from developing radiation-induced oral mucositis. The group found that the drug rapamycin appeared to prevent radiation-induced tissue damage in mice by protecting normal stem cells that are crucial for tissue repair. Although this study was preclinical, rapamycin has already been cleared by the U.S. Food

Resveratrol, which is found in red wine, could prevent a variety of cancers in patients with Fanconi anemia, a rare genetic disorder, according to researchers at the University of Colorado Cancer Center. Fanconi anemia, which affects one in 350,000 babies, leaves cells unable to repair damaged DNA. This puts Fanconi anemia patients at high risk for developing a variety of cancers, especially leukemias and head and neck cancer, according to

A new surgical technique can rebuild a functional lower mandible and mouth while preserving a patient’s ability to eat and speak after removing an invasive facial tumor, according to researchers from the Henry Ford Hospital. Their study, which will be presented this week at the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery meeting in Washington, DC, documented a rare occurrence of osteosarcoma spreading from a patient’s right femur to