“We need a holistic, comprehensive approach” to tackling aflatoxins, says Amare Ayalew. Aflatoxicity is just one of the foodborne illnesses, such as salmonella infection, that ...

However, the damage accumulates over years of smoking, making early cessation crucial for prevention. Certain environmental ...

Dr Ngami Mutwa, a physician at the hospital, says such patients have no history of alcoholism hence the belief the cases could be linked to aflatoxin. “At least one in three patients with liver ...

Two different toxins, aflatoxin B1 (AB1 ... We euthanized the rats and then removed liver, kidneys and a sample of skeletal muscle (psoas) from each animal. The tissues were fixed in neutral ...

David Osogo, a nutrition and health researcher at Africa Population Health Research Center (APHRC), says aflatoxin contamination in the human body is linked to high risk of liver and kidney cancer.

3. Alcohol Consumption: Chronic and long-lasting abuse of alcohol is one more vital contributor to liver disease and HCC. 4. Environmental Factors: Being exposed to certain kinds of toxins and ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) says there is evidence aflatoxins can cause liver cancer in humans. Authorities launched an investigation into the nation's maize supply after Diamond TV ...

Aflatoxin, the fungal carcinogen first identified in 1960, is now recognized as the prototypical laboratory carcinogen. It causes mutations in the p53 tumor-suppressor gene as well as ras ...

Aflatoxins are classes of toxic compounds produced by certain moulds found in food. They can cause liver damage and cancer. Foods which commonly contain the poisonous chemicals are groundnuts ...