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University of Colorado researchers have launched a clinical trial that will look at the effectiveness of rice bran, a by-product of flour milling, in preventing bowel cancer..
" Ryan, radiologist at the University of Colorado and leader of the study.
The bioactive components of rice bran act not only inside cancer cells, but also around them, creating conditions for the normal functioning of healthy cells in the body, according to Advances in Nutrition..
Dr. Ryan and her colleagues Tiffany Weir and Rajesh Agarwal in their study tried to find out how rice bran can stimulate an antitumor immune response..
“There are more than one hundred thousand types of rice in the world, many of which have their own unique complex of bioactive components, but we managed to find the most optimal composition for chemoprevention,” Ryan said..
Chemoprevention refers to the intervention by means of pharmacological agents to delay or prevent the process of carcinogenesis..
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