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Wed 10 Oct 2009Tumeric molecules found to kill cancer cells
MOLECULES FOUND in a curry spice have been shown by researchers at University College Cork to kill oesophageal cancer cells.
The researchers found when they treated oesophageal cancer cells in the laboratory with curcumin – a chemical found in the curry spice tumeric – it started to kill cancer cells within 24 hours. The cells also began to digest themselves.
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