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Sunday, April 16, 2006

Legume molecule may fight cancer. 11/04/2006. ABC News Online: "Legume molecule may fight cancer
Queensland researchers believe legumes may help stop the spread of cancer.
Professor Peter Greshoff, from the University of Queensland, says researchers have found a molecule in legumes that could cut the blood supply to tumours.

Cutting blood supply to tumours prevents them from growing and ultimately leads to their regression.
Professor Greshoff says it basically starves the cancer.

'This tumour cell will send out signals which then are interpreted by nearby blood vessels, so that little capillaries will grow into the tumour, feeding it,' he said."

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