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Ovarian Cancer

One type of echovirus (EV1) could be an effective agent against ovarian cancer, according to International Journal of Cancer.

Researchers at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, conducted an experiment in animal model indicates that the EV1 is capable of destroying tumor cells of ovarian cancer, opening certain therapeutic possibilities.

Scientists found that EV1 infects and destroys the cells of human ovarian cancer, without damaging the surface of normal cells of the ovary.

Ovarian tumors grafted into mice and inoculated directly EV1 in these tumors. Very quickly, it reduced the size of them and even other tumors distant from the site of injection.

Also abdominal administration of EV1 was effective against the proliferation of ovarian cancers grafted into the abdominal cavity of mice.

The researchers suggest that, given these data on ovarian cancer, presents an attractive therapeutic alternative to treatments involving surgery followed by chemotherapy.

Tea to Prevent Ovarian Cancer

When we talk about the benefits of tea, green tea is often obviously be first on the list. However, this wonderful medicinal tea is not the only tea that contains positive health properties, any type of tea has its own benefits to prevent a particular disease, including some very complicated as it may be cancer.

The increasing scientific evidence regarding this point, and Dr. Christina Nagle’s Institute of Medical Research in Queensland has shown a number of animal research that green tea, black tea and other herbal tea can reduce risk of ovarian cancer by inhibiting the growth of cancer cells in the body.

Nagle’s work focused on animals, for the answer of your body in relation to the intake of compounds characteristic of green tea, black tea and other herbal teas. After the tests it was found that these infusions inhibit cancer cell growth of ovarian cancer by 30%.

We do not know if this works the same way, but the study results are compared with the earlier evidence provided by this research, published in Cancer Causes and Control, allowing for humans risking their effect would be a reduction in cancer risk Ovarian around 40%.