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Resveratrol in Wine Kills Cancer Cells
West Palm Beach, FL (NewsMax) March 19, 2009 — Newsmax Media Inc.
Resveratrol, a natural substance found in wine and in the skin of grapes, may prove effective in treating neuroblastoma, a nervous-system cancer affecting mostly babies and children. After successful animal studies, researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health say their new treatment is ready for clinical trials.
Resveratrol is already familiar to many as the substance cited in what has been called the “French Miracle” in regard to helping hearts stay healthy by drinking red wine. Dr. Arthur Polans, the leader of the Wisconsin research group, saw the possibility that resveratrol might also be useful in fighting cancer. “Resveratrol is a promising treatment for young children because it’s not toxic to healthy cells, only to cancer cells,” Polans said in a statement released by the University of Wisconsin.
Polans is also studying the use of resveratrol in treating uveal melanoma, a cancer of the eye. “What neuroblastoma and uveal melanoma have in common is the factor of time,” Polans said. “Ideally, you’d like to be able to treat them aggressively at first, and then treat them with lower doses of a non-toxic compound over time. Otherwise, you run the risk of damage to vital organs or an increase in secondary tumors.”
In addition, there is hope for resveratrol helping treat other cancers as well, because the researchers have demonstrated that it also kills cancer cells and shrinks tumors in three other forms of cancer—retinoblastoma, skin melanoma, and breast cancer.
© 2009 Newsmax. All rights reserved. Article by Sylvia Booth Hubbard – Read source article.
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