Mounting evidence shows red wine antioxidant kills cancer
Rochester researchers showed for the first time that a natural antioxidant found in grape skins and red wine can help destroy pancreatic cancer cells by reaching to the cell's core energy source, or mitochondria, and crippling its function. The study is published in the March edition of the journal, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology.
The study also showed that when the pancreatic cancer cells were doubly assaulted -- pre-treated with the antioxidant, resveratrol, and irradiated -- the combination induced a type of cell death called apoptosis, an important goal of cancer therapy.
According to researchers of the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at the University of Rochester Medical Center, resveratrol seems to have a therapeutic gain by making tumor cells more sensitive to radiation and making normal tissue less sensitive. Resveratrol is known for its ability to protect plants from bacteria and fungi.
Purified versions have been described in scientific journals as potential anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory and anti-atherogenic agents, and for their ability to modulate cell growth. Other well-known antioxidants derived from natural sources include caffeine, melatonin, flavonoids, polyphenols, and vitamins C and E.//REPORTER.MD
- Be proud and get rid of bad luck!
- Hopes raised of blocking return of leukaemia
- Coffee mooted as a breast cancer preventer
- Drinking over recommended limit 'raises cancer risk'
- Skin cancer rates: Fears for young in UK
- Cancer charity to tidy up wikipedia
- Women's lung cancers has doubled since 1970s in over-60s
- Cancer rise and sperm quality fall 'due to chemicals'
- Stop, rewind: the scientists slowing the ageing process
- BBC: Setback for cervical cancer test hopes
- Naked photo shoot planned for Mexico City
- Kerry Katona expecting another girl
- Anna Nicole Smith's body in morgue amid court fight
- Johnny Knoxville has confessed he has a small penis
- Nude Britney Spears on Bearskin Rug
- Captive Natascha Kampusch was sexually abused - Images
- Angelina Jolie till sleeps with Jenny Shimizu
- Fire of raunchy photos Katie Rees Miss Nevada
- Sex scandal: Romanian consul in Moldova caught on tape
- World's smallest baby to be released from hospital