A drug made from a plant known as
“thunder god vine,” or lei gong teng, that has been used in
traditional Chinese medicine, wiped out pancreatic tumors in
mice, researchers said, and may soon be tested in humans.
Mice treated with the compound showed no signs of tumors
after 40 days or after discontinuing the treatment, according to
researchers at the University of Minnesota’s Masonic Cancer
Center. The research, funded by the university and the National
Institutes of Health. was published today in the journal Science
Translational Medicine...http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-17/drug-from-chinese-thunder-god-vine-slays-tumors-in-mice
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