Seaweed extract could become a leading treatment for cancers of the immune system, such as Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. It contains fucoidan, a sulphated polysaccharide, which kills cancer tumours, say researchers from Hashemite University in Jordan. They used a commercially-available seaweed extract on lymphoma cell lines, which were cultivated in the laboratory, and discovered that the extract suppressed lymphoma growth while leaving the healthy cells intact. The researchers are now going to test the extract in clinical trials involving volunteers. (Source: AACR Dead Sea International Conference on Advances in Cancer Research, March 7-10, 2010).
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