Earlier this morning, I was reading two (BBC) articles about cancer: ‘Spicy foods can kill cancers’ and ‘Hope over tumour fighting therapy’1.
The first article rings a bell: I think I read something about the magical effects of jalapeno peppers before. That was something about mice, if I recall correctly. At this stage, while the results of the research look promising, only cancers grown in labs have shown to be vulnerable to this specific ingredient2 in jalapeno peppers.
The second article discusses a total different approach in attacking tumours, using tiny nano-particles that target (and block) the ‘blood’ supply to cancerous cells. The results (on mice) look so promising that researchers think that these nano-particles should also be able to deliver chemotherapy-related drugs to tumours.
Not related, I prefer my nasi goreng extra hot (as in spicy).
1 That second article has a neat picture of cancer under attack by white bloodcells
2 Capsaicin, that is