Thursday, February 02, 2006

Fatty Acid: Link to Prostate Cancer?

Prostate cancer tumors may get a growth spurt from omega-6 fatty acids, scientists report in Cancer Research.

In lab tests, researchers exposed human prostate cancer cells to arachidonic acid, a common type of omega-6 fatty acid. Those cells grew about twice as quickly as prostate cancer cells not exposed to arachidonic acid.

Full article here.

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