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Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:33 am Post subject: Hot pepper kills prostate cancer cells in study |
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U.S. and Japanese researchers have announced results of a study showing that capsaicin , the
chemical that makes peppers hot, can cause prostate cancer cells to kill themselves. Capsaicin led
80 percent of human prostate cancer cells growing in mice to commit suicide in a process known as
apoptosis, the researchers said....read more |
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