Dandelion root's effectiveness on cancer cells being probed

  imageBeatrice Fantoni, Windsor Star; Postmedia News

Cancer researchers in Windsor hope to start clinical trials soon to find out if dandelion root extract can kill cancer cells in humans without harming healthy cells.
"We are very excited," said Dr. Siyaram Pandey, a biochemist at the University of Windsor, describing the result of the tests in the lab that so far confirm that dandelion root extract causes cancer cells from leukemia blood samples to die off.
He and oncologist Dr. Caroline Hamm of Windsor Regional Hospital are submitting their application to Health Canada for approval of a Stage 1 clinical trial to determine just what dose of dandelion root extract is tolerable and effective in patients with an aggressive form of leukemia known as chronic myelomonocyctic leukemia (CMML) as well as other cancers, including pancreatic cancer and melanoma...Continue reading...