Curry fights cancer

[Celebration]

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/327382p-279754c.html

A cure for cancer may be as close as the nearest Indian restaurant.
Researchers say that turmeric - a key spice in virtually all curries - contains a potent cancer-fighting agent that may eventually provide treatments for several hard-to-treat types of tumors.

"It is very effective, that is for sure," said Bharat Aggarwal, a top researcher at the prestigious M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. "There is enough data to say it is very potent."

A study published in the upcoming issue of Cancer magazine shows curcumin, a chemical pigment in turmeric, has promise fighting breast, colon, prostate and pancreatic cancers. Now doctors have launched clinical tests to see if it works on real patients.

[wakeme2008]

1. This should be a no brainer...

what are the rates of those cancers in India vs the non curry eating parts of the world...

[endarkenment]

3. uh no

you have to rule out all other variables.

[OzarkDem]

2. If only

Its nice to hope, but the easy part is making it kill cancer in the lab. Lets see how it does in humans.

[China_cat]

4. At least it tastes good

and isn't likely to make you lose your hair or your lunch.

[skids]

5. ...and alzheimers.

http://www.alznyc.org/in-the-news/curry.htm

FWIW.