Diet helps chemo fignt cancer: Nothing new for this group, but interesting.

[Guest guest]

This probably would apply as well to the use of OS.

 

From Med India:

 

http://www.medindia.net/news/Response-to-Chemotherapy-Boosted-by-Eating-Fruits-a\

nd-Vegetables-43263-1.htm

 

 

Response to Chemotherapy Boosted by Eating Fruits and Vegetables

 

 

Consumption of apigenin, a naturally occurring dietary agent found in

vegetables and fruit, improves cancer cells' response to chemotherapy,

according to a new study by UC Riverside biochemists.

 

 

The leading cause of death in all cancer patients continues to be the

resistance of tumour cells to chemotherapy, a form of treatment in

which chemicals are used to kill cells.

 

Now, Xuan Liu, a professor of biochemistry, and Xin Cai, a

postdoctoral researcher working in her lab, found that apigenin

localizes tumour suppressor p53, a protein, in the cell nucleus - a

necessary step for killing the cell that results in some tumour cells

responding to chemotherapy.

 

The study provides a novel approach to conquer tumour resistance to

chemotherapy, and suggests an avenue for developing safe chemotherapy

via naturally occurring agents.

 

Normally, cells have low levels of p53 diffused in their cytoplasm and

nucleus. When DNA in the nucleus is damaged, p53 moves to the nucleus

where it activates genes that stop cell growth and cause cell death.

In this way, p53 ensures that cells with damaged DNA are killed.

 

In many cancers, p53 is rendered inactive by a process called

cytoplasmic sequestration. Apigenin is able to activate p53 and

transport it into the nucleus, resulting in a stop to cell growth and

cell death.

 

" In therapy you want to kill cancer cells. But to stop cell growth and

to kill the cell, p53 first needs to be moved to the cell's nucleus to

function. Apigenin is very effective in localizing p53 this way, " said

Cai.

[Guest guest]

"The leading cause of death in all cancer patients continues to be the

resistance of tumour cells to chemotherapy, a form of treatment in

which chemicals are used to kill cells."If that were not so wrong it would be funny! The leading cause of death in all cancer patients is mainstream medicine's clinging to barbaric and disproven therapies that attempt to cut out, poison out or burn out the symptoms of cancer and their refusal to consider and promote natural alternatives that are safer, more effective and less expensive because they cannot patent and profit from them.Tony--- On Mon, 11/3/08, ed4soup <ed4636 wrote:ed4soup <ed4636 Diet helps chemo fignt cancer: Nothing new for this group, but interesting.oleander soup Date: Monday, November 3, 2008, 12:39 AM

 

This probably would apply as well to the use of OS.

 

From Med India:

 

http://www.medindia .net/news/ Response- to-Chemotherapy- Boosted-by- Eating-Fruits- and-Vegetables- 43263-1.htm

 

Response to Chemotherapy Boosted by Eating Fruits and Vegetables

 

 

Consumption of apigenin, a naturally occurring dietary agent found in

vegetables and fruit, improves cancer cells' response to chemotherapy,

according to a new study by UC Riverside biochemists.

 

The leading cause of death in all cancer patients continues to be the

resistance of tumour cells to chemotherapy, a form of treatment in

which chemicals are used to kill cells.

 

Now, Xuan Liu, a professor of biochemistry, and Xin Cai, a

postdoctoral researcher working in her lab, found that apigenin

localizes tumour suppressor p53, a protein, in the cell nucleus - a

necessary step for killing the cell that results in some tumour cells

responding to chemotherapy.

 

The study provides a novel approach to conquer tumour resistance to

chemotherapy, and suggests an avenue for developing safe chemotherapy

via naturally occurring agents.

 

Normally, cells have low levels of p53 diffused in their cytoplasm and

nucleus. When DNA in the nucleus is damaged, p53 moves to the nucleus

where it activates genes that stop cell growth and cause cell death.

In this way, p53 ensures that cells with damaged DNA are killed.

 

In many cancers, p53 is rendered inactive by a process called

cytoplasmic sequestration. Apigenin is able to activate p53 and

transport it into the nucleus, resulting in a stop to cell growth and

cell death.

 

"In therapy you want to kill cancer cells. But to stop cell growth and

to kill the cell, p53 first needs to be moved to the cell's nucleus to

function. Apigenin is very effective in localizing p53 this way," said

Cai.