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| Health News feed Log in | Register nowAdvertisement Website of the Telegraph Media Group with breaking news, sport, business, latest UK and world news. Content from the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers and video from Telegraph TV. Enhanced by Google Home News Sport Finance Lifestyle Comment Travel Culture Technology Fashion Motoring Jobs Dating Offers Health Property Gardening Food and Drink Family Outdoors Relationships Expat Announcements GamesHealth News Health Advice Diet and Fitness Wellbeing Expat Health Swine Flu Home Health Health NewsScientists discover how broccoli fights cancer Scientists may have discovered why eating broccoli seems to reduce the chance of developing prostate cancer. By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor Published: 7:45AM BST 13 Jul 2010 Scientists discover how broccoli fights cancer Photo: GETTY Broccoli has been hailed as a 'superfood' after several studies suggested it had anti-cancer properties. Now scientists have identified a chemical in the vegetable which interact with genes involved in cancer development. Related Articles Cancer survival rates double Breast and prostate cancer treatments could be linked Broccoli 'could aid breast cancer fight' - scientists Broccoli and tomato ketchup could prevent prostate cancer Eating crusts 'protects against bowel cancer' Being a vegetarian can cut your risk of cancer by a half, claim scientistsThe chemical called sulforaphane seems to counteract a fault with the gene called PTEN which is involved in prostate cancer. The gene normally stops cancer from developing but in certain cells it is missing and this is when the disease can begin. However sulforaphane seems to dampen the effect of these cells that are missing PTEN and prevent them from triggering cancer growth. The study was conducted by a team at the Institute of Food Research at the Norwich Research Park, using prostate tissue from men and cancerous cells from mice. The discovery could lead to new treatments for the disease which affects 36,000 men a year. The findings are published in the journal BioMed Central, Molecular Cancer. Email Print Share | Email | Print http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7885288/Scientists-discover-how-bro

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