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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Markian Hawryluk / The Bulletin
March 16, 2006
Capsaicin, the compound that makes peppers hot, may kill prostate cancer cells as well, according to studies published in the journal Cancer Research.
In studies with laboratory mice, capsaicin induced about 80 percent of prostate cancer cells to undergo programmed cell death. The dose fed to....