(NaturalNews)
The key to curing the type of pancreatic cancer that afflicted Apple visionary
Steve Jobs just might be found in an ancient Chinese herb that has long played
a crucial role in traditional Chinese medicine. A new study published in the
journal Science Translational Medicine has revealed that lei gong teng,
also known as "thunder god vine," possesses at least one unique
compound capable of fully eradicating cancer tumors within 40 days, which could
eventually make the herb a go-to alternative for treating cancer.
A
research team from the University of Minnesota's Masonic Cancer Center
discovered that, when given an injectable extract form of Tripterygium
wilfordii, mice with pancreatic tumors experienced complete healing and
recovery in fewer than five weeks. Even after discontinuing the treatment, the
healed mice indefinitely maintained their healthy, cancer-free state with no
signs of tumor resurgence or relapse.
The
lei gong teng compound believed to be primarily responsible for killing cancer
tumors is triptolide, an active diterpenoid that has been shown in several
previous studies to exhibit broad anti-cancer activity. The team was able to
effectively isolate this triptolide and convert it into a water soluble form,
which researchers then injected into the mice regularly for a little more than
one month, which was enough to cure the animals' cancers.
"This
[herb] is just unbelievably potent in killing tumor cells," said Ashok
Saluja, vice chairman of research
at the center, to Bloomberg about the findings. "You could see that
every day you looked at those mice, the tumor was decreasing and decreasing,
and then just gone."
Back
in 2007, researchers from both Yale University and Columbia
University found that triptolide effectively
triggers cancer cell apoptosis, also known as programmed cell death.
Numerous other studies over the years have also identified triptolide as a
powerful tumor fighter in a general sense, including as a weapon against
aggressive prostate cancers.
"Triptolide, a diterpenoid isolated from the Chinese herb Tripterygium wilfordii Hook.f, has shown antitumor activities in a broad range of solid tumors," wrote researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in a 2006 study on the powerful herb. This particular study found that triptolide targets various leukemic cancer cell lines, as well as increases the effectiveness of other anticancer agents.
"Triptolide, a diterpenoid isolated from the Chinese herb Tripterygium wilfordii Hook.f, has shown antitumor activities in a broad range of solid tumors," wrote researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in a 2006 study on the powerful herb. This particular study found that triptolide targets various leukemic cancer cell lines, as well as increases the effectiveness of other anticancer agents.
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