July 08, 2005
DID DOLE FUND THE RESEARCH (via Michael Herdegen):
Australian researchers find pineapple crush can fight cancer (AFP, 7/05/05)
Australian scientists have discovered pineapple molecules can act as powerful anti-cancer agents and said the research could lead to a new class of cancer-fighting drugs.Scientists at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) said their work centred on two molecules from bromelaine, an extract derived from crushed pineapple stems that is used to tenderise meat, clarify beers and tan hides.
One of the molecules, CCZ, stimulates the body's immune system to target and kill cancer cells, the other, CCS, blocks a protein called Ras, which is defective in 30 percent of all cancers.
So long as you don't mind looking like a saddlebag... Posted by Orrin Judd at July 8, 2005 02:05 PM
Anyone who's under 40 now, and in good health, has a pretty good shot at making it to 120...
And enjoying it, especially with the powered exoskeletons and personal helper-bots coming pretty rapidly down the pike.
I hate pineapple. I am going to rely on red wine -- Austraian and Californian, of course.
Posted by: Robert Schwartz at July 8, 2005 08:37 PM