Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Green Tea and Cancer

The latest research have revealed that green tea contains a compound that shows great promise for the development of drugs to treat two types of tumours and a deadly congenital disease. The discovery is the result of research led by Principal Investigator, Dr. Thomas Smith at The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and his colleagues at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Their findings are published in the recent article,"Green Tea Polyphenols Control Dysregulated Glutamate Dehydrogenase In Transgenic Mice By Hijacking The ADP Activation Site” in The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Read original article here