Chemical in turmeric kickstarts cancer-killing mechanisms in human saliva

A recent study that appears in Clinical Cancer Research shows a chemical in the spice turmeric suppresses a cell-signaling pathway that drives the growth of head and neck cancer. It also affects the saliva itself by reducing pro-inflammatory cytokines within the saliva.
Sept. 15, 2011

A recent study that appears in Clinical Cancer Research, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Association of Cancer Research, shows a chemical in the spice turmeric suppresses a cell-signaling pathway that drives the growth of head and neck cancer. It also affects the saliva itself by reducing pro-inflammatory cytokines within the saliva.

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