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O-H-I-O #103 Cancer Fighting Food from WOSU O-H-I-O on Vimeo.

Featured Articles

• CAFFRE investigators Chris Weghorst, Steve Clinton, and Yael Vodovotz highlighted in NCI Annual Report on Complementary and Alternative Medicine FY 2010 (2012). Abbreviated report here.
• ‘Fueling the Cure’ Yields $101,000 Joint Food, Cancer Research Endowment (2011)
• Team Conquest: "Crops to the Clinic" Exceeds Pelotonia Fund-Raising Goal (2011)
• Bumper Crop (Apr 2008)

Tomatoes and Carotenoids

Turning up the heat on tomatoes boosts absorption of lycopene (Aug 2008)

Orange tomatoes healthier than red (Mar 2007)

Unique tomatoes tops in disease-fighting antioxidants (Mar 2007)

Adding avocados to salads aids absorption of nutrients (Jul 2006)

Study: Fats in avocados help body absorb carotenoids (Mar 2005)

OSU tests new soy-tomato drink (Aug 2004)

Berries, Anthocyanins, and Resveratrol

Combating oral cancer by eating delicious food (Dec 2011)

Homegrown cancer-fighters (July 2010)

The Power of Berries (Jan 2009)

Black raspberry compounds may prevent throat cancer (Jan 2009)

Anthocyanins and colon cancer: Structure is key, says study (Sep 2008)

Black raspberries show potential against cancer (Aug 2008)

Black raspberries slow cancer by altering hundreds of genes (Aug 2008)

Black raspberries may prevent esophageal cancer (Feb 2008)

Pilot study supports raspberry potential for oesophageal cancer (Dec 2007)

Black raspberry promise in esophageal cancer prevention (Sep 2007)

Compounds that color fruits and veggies may protect against colon cancer (Aug 2007)

Fighting cancer by the bramble; Scientists are hot to unlock the medicinal secrets of black raspberries (May 2007)

Black raspberries yield possible skin cancer treatment (Apr 2007)

Black raspberries studied to slow return of oral cancer (Jun 2006)

Black raspberries: 'fruitaceuticals' of the future (Apr 2006)

Ohio State Agriculture, Medical researchers test berries as cancer-fighters (Jun 2005)

Lozenges may offer bite-sized cancer prevention (Dec 2004)

Soy and Isoflavones

Soy-Almond vs. Soy: Bettering A Bread To Beat Prostate Cancer (Jan 2010)

Soybean breeding program growing to meet industry demands (Jun 2007)

Digestion, Absorption, and Bioavailability

Orange tomatoes healthier than red (Mar 2007)

Adding avocados to salads aids absorption of nutrients (Jul 2006)

Model of digestive system helps put the “function” into functional foods (Jan 2006)

Study: Fats in avocados help body absorb carotenoids (Mar 2005)

Dietary Oils and Fatty acids

Omega-3 reduces anxiety and inflammation in healthy students (July 2011)

A dose of safflower oil each day might help keep heart disease at bay (March 2011)

Two dietary oils, two sets of benefits for older women with diabetes (July 2009)

Dietary oil may need help in avoiding any side effects of weight loss (April 2008)

Omega-3 fatty acids affect risk of depression, inflammation (Mar 2007)

Other

The power of produce: Researchers unlock secrets "From Crops to the Clinic to the Consumer" (2009)

Kinks in the food chain (May 2009)

Ohio: The State of Perfect Balance (Dec 2008)

Finding the best way to cook all those vegetables (May 2008)

FDA makes food labeling system easier for consumers (Feb 2008)

Weight-loss supplement shows good and bad traits (Jan 2007)

Chemicals in brown algae may protect against skin cancer (Jan 2007)

Broccoli packs powerful punch to bladder cancer cells (Jul 2005)

Extension

Undercover Farming; Simple structures let farmers extend or get a jump on growing seasons (Dec 2006)

Honors and Awards

Tomato genes for health and profit - Francis wins OARDC 'Innovator' award (Apr 2012)

Ohio State Food Scientist Monica Giusti is TechColumbus's Outstanding Woman in Technology (Feb 2012)

AAAS gains Belury as new fellow (Jan 2012)

Giusti earns OARDC Innovator Award: 'Great Influence' on cranberry juice (Apr 2010)

Steven Schwartz elected Fellow in the Institute of Food Technologists (Apr 2008)

Ohio State University leads country again in AAAS fellows (Oct 2007)

AAAS Recognizes Functional Foods Researcher (Nov 2007)