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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 ...

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

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…

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…