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ANI | Nov 16, 2011
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health/Milk-thistle-halts-spread-of-lung-cancer/articleshow/10754789.cms
An Indian origin scientist has suggested that silibinin, a major component of milk thistle, may be a promising therapeutic compound in the treatment of lung cancer.
Alpna Tyagi, PhD, of the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy, and her team found that treatment with silibinin stopped the spread of these lung cancers in mouse.
Tissue with wound-like conditions allows tumours to grow and spread.
In the new animal study, silibinin help removed the molecular billboards that signal these wound-like conditions inhibiting the spread of these lung cancers,