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Monday, July 14, 2008

Curry ingredient fights skin cancer

PakTribune: "ISLAMABAD: The compound that makes curry yellow could help fight skin cancer, U.S. researchers reported.
They said curcumin, found in the spice turmeric, interferes with melanoma cells.
Tests in laboratory dishes show that curcumin made melanoma skin cancer cells more likely to self-destruct in a process known as apoptosis."

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