Resveratrol - Cancer Fighting Antioxidants
Posted in Resveratrol on April 21st, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment
Recent scientific research points out that resveratrol, an antioxidant that’s found in grapes and blueberries, can weaken pancreatic cancer cells, increasing their susceptibility to chemo and radiation therapy.
A leading researcher, Paul Okunieff of the University of Rochester Medical Center, says that resveratrol makes the cells more sensitive to radiation, while making normal cells more resistant to the treatments. In a published study, Okunieff and his colleagues dosed a group of cancer cells with 50 milligrams of resveratrol, then they iodized them, which simulates the effects of chemotherapy. A control group of cancer cells was iodized without getting resveratrol first.
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