Lab of Natural Products for Cancer Prevention
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Marianne [Collard] Boesch, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biology and Health Science
New England College
Henniker, NH
Our Research & Initiatives
Our team is focused on exploring the role of natural products in epigenetic remodeling to prevent cancer recurrence. We are committed to investigating natural products with scientific rigor to increase our understanding of the use of natural products for human health.
MGE Project
We previously found that a proprietary Muscadine Grape Extract (MGE) potently inhibited triple negative breast cancer growth in vitro and in vivo (Collard et al. 2020) and reduced metastatic progression (submitted). The goal of this research project is to expand on our prior research and investigate how MGE impacts the epigenome in cancer to elicit it's anti-cancer effects.
Phase contrast image of MDA-MB-231 triple negative breast cancer cells treated with 20 ug/mL Muscadine Grape Extract (MGE) for 6 h (20x).