Green tea extract kills childhood cancers
Cancer researcher says a modified antioxidant called catechin can kill
50 per cent of cells from neuroblastoma cancers within 3 days in
laboratory studies.
A green-tea extract could help
destroy deadly childhood cancers
that are resistant to traditional
chemotherapy.
destroy deadly childhood cancers
that are resistant to traditional
chemotherapy.
Cancer researcher Orazio Vittorio
said that a modified antioxidant
called catechin
said that a modified antioxidant
called catechin
can kill 50 per cent of the cells from
neuroblastoma cancers within 3 days in
neuroblastoma cancers within 3 days in
laboratory studies.
Neuroblastoma is the most common
cancer to strike infants‚ and has the
lowest
cancer to strike infants‚ and has the
lowest
survival rate of all childhood cancers.
Catechin‚ extracted from green tea‚ is thought to be a promising cancer treatment‚ but its instability
when it enters the body limits its effectiveness.
when it enters the body limits its effectiveness.
Dr Vittorio‚ from the Children's Cancer Institute Australia and the Lowy cancer research center at
UNSW said that the modified form of catechin is effective at destroying neuroblastoma cells that are
highly resistant to conventional chemotherapy.
UNSW said that the modified form of catechin is effective at destroying neuroblastoma cells that are
highly resistant to conventional chemotherapy.
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