Spice component versus cancer cells. (Biomedicine).Curcumin, the compound that gives the spice turmeric turmeric: see ginger. turmeric Perennial herbaceous plant (Curcuma longa; family Zingiberaceae), native to southern India and Indonesia. Its tuberous rhizomes have been used from antiquity as a condiment, as a textile dye, and medically as an its yellow color, teams up with a naturally occurring immune system immune system Cells, cell products, organs, and structures of the body involved in the detection and destruction of foreign invaders, such as bacteria, viruses, and cancer cells. Immunity is based on the system's ability to launch a defense against such invaders. protein to kill prostate cancer prostate cancer, cancer originating in the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is the leading malignancy in men in the United States and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in men. cells, according to a new laboratory study. When scientists exposed prostate tumor cells in test tubes to either curcumin or the immune protein--called tumor necrosis tumor necrosis Death of tumor tissue, a common event in aggressive CAs in which the tumor rapidly outgrows its blood supply, resulting in tumor cell death. Cf Apoptosis. factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL)--the compound had little effect, says study coauthor Subhash C. Gautam of the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit. But together, the substances killed 80 percent of the prostate cancer cells they encountered. They induced the cells to commit suicide, Gautam reported in San Francisco on April 9 at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research Wikipedia is not the place for advertisement or self-advertising. The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) is an organization based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that focuses on all aspects of cancer research including basic, clinical and translational . Curcumin alone has shown promise against several other cancers. Turmeric is used extensively in cooking in India and other Asian countries. High turmeric intake could explain in part why the incidence of prostate cancer in Indian men is low compared with that of men in Western countries, Gautam speculates. He and his colleagues are planning to test the combination of curcumin and TRAIL against prostate cancer in mice. --N.S. |
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