Grape extract kills cancer cells
"What everyone seeks is an agent that has an effect on cancer cells but leaves normal cells alone, and this shows that grapeseed extract fits into this category."- Xianglin Shi, professor/lead researcher
Lexington, Kentucky, USA - An extract from grape seeds can destroy cancer cells, US research suggests.
Within 24 hours, 76% of leukaemia cells exposed to the extract were killed off, while healthy cells were unharmed, Clinical Cancer Research reports.
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