Jamming prostate cancer's transmission. (fragments of pectin may block spread of cancer to other areas of the body)(Brief Article)

From: Science News | Date: March 4, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

Though most prostate cancers do not metastasize, seeding new tumors throughout the body, those that do become incurable. But data from a new animal study suggest the possibility of one day checking this cancer's potentially lethal spread with a nontoxic, fruit-derived dietary supplement.

The promising agent? Fragments of pectin -- the gelling powder used for generations to set jams and jellies.

Three years ago, researchers at Wayne State University in Detroit chopped up branched molecules of citrus pectin to make linear, twiglike arrays of the sugar galactose. The fragments, ...

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