Can Soy Prevent Colon Cancer?
Monday, February 8, 2010 at 2:13PM
Maybe so. New investigation from the Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland in California suggests that molecules called sphingadienes (SDs, for short) found in soy are cytotoxic - that is, they can induce the death of cells including mutant ones such as cancer cells. This may mean that the SDs found naturally in soy foods can help prevent colon cancer and that understanding how SDs work may lead to development of new drugs for the disease. Soy foods have long been thought to be protective against colon cancer, noted Julie Saba, M.D., Ph.D., who led the study. Identifying SDs could provide the scientific explanation of why this effect has been seen. More research is needed to see how SDs could be harnessed to fight colon cancer and to further explore other soy components that might also play a protective role. The study was featured in the Dec. 15, 2009 issue of Cancer Research.
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