Catechin - a green tea extract could help kill deadly childhood cancers that are resistant to chemotherapy, finds study.
Cancer
researcher Orazio Vittorio said that a modified antioxidant called
catechin can kill 50 per cent of the cells from neuroblastoma cancers
within three days in laboratory studies. On Friday night he was awarded the Kid's Cancer Project Award in the NSW
Premier's Awards for Outstanding Cancer Research, which will give him
25,000 dollars to put towards developing potentially life-saving
treatment from his research, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. Neuroblastoma is the most common cancer to strike infants, and has the lowest survival rate of all childhood cancers. Catechin, extracted from green tea, is thought to be a promising cancer
treatment, but its instability when it enters the body limits its
effectiveness. Dr Vittorio worked with a team of chemists to modify the catechin into a more stable form. Dr Vittorio, from the Children's Cancer Institute Australia and the Lowy
cancer research centre at UNSW said that the modified form of catechin
is effective at destroying neuroblastoma cells that are highly resistant
to conventional chemotherapy, yet has minimal effects on normal cells.
Source-ANI
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