Friday 20 February 2015

Olive oil compound kills cancer in minutes

Olive oil compound kills cancer in minutes


An ingredient in extra-virgin olive oil kills a variety of human cancer cells without harming healthy ones. Scientists knew that oleocanthal killed some cancer cells, but weren’t really sure how. They thought the compound might be targeting a key protein in cancer cells that triggers a programmed cell death, known as apoptosis, and decided to test their hypothesis.

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