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(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Researchers studying neurofibromatosis type 1 -- a rare disease in which tumors grow within nerves -- have found that the tumors are triggered by crosstalk between cells in the nerves and cells in the blood.

They also found that a drug on the market for treating certain kinds of blood cancer curbs tumor growth in a mouse model of neurofibromatosis type 1.

A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Mississippi finds that consuming EGCG, an antioxidant in green tea, significantly inhibits breast tumor growth in female mice.

These results bring us one step closer to better understanding the disease and potentially new and naturally occurring therapies.

By increasing production of a blood pressure-regulating enzyme in mice, researchers have found they can enhance the mouse immune system's ability to sense tumor growth.

When scientists engineered mice that make more angiotensin-converting enzyme in white blood cells called macrophages, the mice could more effectively limit the growth of injected tumors.