Resveratrol and BRCA mutations

A number of studies have suggested that a substance found in red grapes and red wine may serve as a cancer preventive. Now research outlines a mechanism whereby inherited BRCA mutations, which occur in about 8% of breast cancers, may be inhibited by resveratrol.

New Findings May Improve Treatment Of Inherited Breast Cancer
(from ScienceDaily Oct. 11, 2008, published in the journal Molecular Cell)

This research in animals and cell cultures will have to be confirmed in human subjects, of course. Initial studies are underway looking at a cancer preventive role for resveratrol in health subjects, as well in colon cancer and lymphoma patients.

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