Can Fruig And Veg Kill Leukemia Cells?

We all know that fruit and veg are good for us but now scientists have found a natural compound in fruits and vegetables with chemo-preventive properties which may be the treatment for leukemia.

Current treatments for leukemia, such as chemotherapy and radiation damage healthy cells and tissues and can produce unwanted side effects for many years afterward. However the new compound, called C-3-R, selectively kills leukemia cells while showing no discernible toxicity against healthy cells.

Researchers found that the compund caused about 50 percent of a human leukemia cell line to undergo programmed cell death within about 18 hours of treatment at low doses. When they more than doubled the concentration of C-3-R, all of the leukemia cells died.

The results indicate that C-3-R has the promising potential to be used in leukemia therapy with the advantages of being highly selective against cancer cells.

Leukemia is a number of related cancers that start in the blood-forming cells of the bone marrow. It occurs when there is an excess of abnormal white blood cells.
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