A low dietary intake of folate has been associated with increased risk of colorectal adenoma and cancer in prospective cohort (Giovannucci et al, 1993; Giovannucci et al, 1995; Giovannucci et al, 1998 ...

Transcriptional silencing of tumor suppressor genes by hypermethylation of CpG islands located in the promoter region is very common in human colorectal cancer. Dietary folate/vitamin B12 intake and ...

A new review reveals how folic acid can act as both a friend and foe in breast cancer, protecting at moderate doses, but potentially fueling tumor growth when intake is excessive or genes go awry.

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Casper, WY, Nov. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With research showing that up to 60% of individuals carry MTHFR gene ...

Simonetta Friso, Sang-Woon Choi, Domenico Girelli, Joel B. Mason, Gregory G. Dolnikowski, Pamela J. Bagley, Oliviero Olivieri, Paul F. Jacques, Irwin H. Rosenberg, Roberto Corrocher, Jacob Selhub ...

The role of depth of response and single-nucleotide polymorphisms as a prediction of the efficacy for third line chemotherapy in metastatic colorectal cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the ...

The latest psychiatry journals are absolutely hopping with trials of folic acid and its downstream metabolite, methylfolate. We have this article from AJP, this one from JAMA Archives, along with ...

Good nutrition may not be the first thing on our minds in the candy-heavy week after Halloween, but papers in the current issue of the Journal of Neuroscience will help to refocus attention on two ...

Folic acid, also known as vitamin B9, is an important B-vitamin with many vital functions in the human body. It was ...

Human exposure to As and its compounds occurs primarily through ingestion of As-contaminated food and water. About 200 million people worldwide are exposed to As levels exceeding the international ...

Casper, WY, Nov. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With research showing that up to 60% of individuals carry MTHFR gene variants that may reduce the body’s ability to convert folic acid into active folate, ...