NRF2 Hits the News!

The National Cancer Institute Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program JUST approved the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to start clinical research of the Nrf2 pathway this month.

THE STUDY: “A Phase II Basket Trial of Glutaminase Inhibitor (BeGIN) CB-839 HCl in Patients with NF1 Aberrations, NF1 Mutant Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors (MPNST), KEAP1/NRF2 and LKB1 Aberrant Tumors”

What does that mean?… Read the rest

The Surprising and Substantial Effects of Peppermint on Exercise

Peppermint, and some of the other members of the mint family might well have some performance-enhancing or health-promoting effects you weren’t aware of. For example, mint has been shown to be a painkiller, and has anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, and antioxidant effects. Those effects are useful for performance, exercise recovery, and health.… Read the rest