');document.write("| GRAPE SEED KILLS HEAD CANCER CELLS, BUT NOT HEALTHY CELLS: Researchers have found that grapeseed extract kills head and neck cancer cells while having no harmful effect on health cells. The study was conducted on both cancer cells in the lab, and on mice, but has not been confirmed in human studies. There was absolutely no toxicity to the healthy cells, despite the death of nearby cancer cells. The scientists reported that cancer cells have numerous genetic weaknesses that normal, healthy cells do not have, and grape seed extract takes advantage of these weaknesses. Cancer cells are fast-growing cells but when conditions are not ideal, they simply die, while slow-growing healthy cells seem to have the staying power to wait out less-than-ideal conditions. Grape seed was found to damage cancer cell DNA, and also block the pathways of repair molecules. The cancer was squamous cell carcinoma and only head and necj cancer cells were tested. Researchers hope human clinical studies will be done with a view to future cancer therapies. This study was released early and will appear in a future issue of the journal Carcinogenesis. It is now accessible online at http://bit.ly/z1kXfu with subscription or access fee. | ");document.write('
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