Links between nutrients, genes and cancer spread documented

Posted August 27th, 2012 by PCC STEM & filed under Health Sciences.

More than 40 plant-based compounds can turn on genes that slow the spread of cancer, according to a first-of-its-kind study. A professor of pharmaceutical sciences says he is encouraged by his findings because the spread of cancer is most often what makes the disease fatal. Moreover, he says, diet, nutrients and plant-based chemicals appear to be opening many avenues of attack.

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