Resveratrol Cancer Studies – Rochester Health Experts Say It Can Destroy Pancreatic Cancer Cells!

In one of the resveratrol cancer studies done by Rochester researchers, it has been revealed (for the very first time) that this natural antioxidant, which is usually found in grape skins as well as red wine, has the power to destroy pancreatic cancer cells by going all the way deep down to the core energy source of the cell (known as the mitochondria) and crippling its function – ultimately leading to the destruction of these harmful and mutated cells.

This resveratrol cancer study has been published in the March edition of the journal – Advances In Experimental Medicine And Biology. This study also revealed that when the cancer cells found in the pancreas were doubly assaulted – treated with resveratrol and irradiated – the treatment induces the cell death known as apoptosis. Just in case you don’t know, this type of cell death is one of the most crucial goals of cancer therapy. According to the lead author of the said medicinal journal Paul Okunieff, who is the chief of Radiation Oncology of the James P Wilmot Cancer Center located at the University Of Rochester Medical Center, this research have many implications for patients suffering from cancer.

While consuming red wine together with chemotherapy and radiation treatment hasn’t been very well studied, it doesn’t contradict according Paul Okunieff. In simpler terms, if a cancer patient is already drinking red wine at moderate amounts, most likely, their physician wouldn’t tell them to give it up while undergoing treatment. Here’s a much better choice according to Okuneiff – drink as much red or purple grape juice (which is oozing with resveratrol) as desired.

HOWEVER, despite the widespread interest in antioxidants and their benefits, not all physicians see it in a favorable light. Many health experts and doctors are concerned that antioxidants could end up protecting the cancer cells and tumors instead of fighting and warding them off. But according to Paul Okunieff’s study, that is NOT the case. There is very little evidence found in different resveratrol cancer studies to support this fear. Matter of fact, the study done by Paul Okunieff even revealed that resveratrol doesn’t just injure the core energy source of the harmful and mutated cells, it even protects normal tissues from the not so friendly effects of radiation treatment, chemotherapy, and other cancer treatments.

There is one challenge, however. And that is to find the right concentration and to find out how it works inside the cells. As for the right amount of resveratrol, much is still in the air. How it works, though, has been very clear in this resveratrol cancer study by Paul Okunieff – it makes mutated and harmful tumor cells more sensitive to radiation while making healthy and normal tissues less sensitive. This makes perfect sense as resveratrol has the ability to protect plants against fungi and other bacteria. Purified versions of resveratrol have been shown in different scientific journals and resveratrol cancer studies as an anti cancer, anti inflammatory, and anti atherogenic agent coupled with their ability to keep cell growth at normal levels.

Different laboratory experiments have shown that resveratrol could:

- Reduce the function of proteins found in cancer cells in the pancreas. These proteins are responsible for pumping out chemotherapy from the cells. Without them, the cancer cells are chemo sensitive.

- Trigger the production of reactive oxygen species, which is also known as ROS in cancer cells. This is a substance that circulates in the human body and have been implicated in different diseases. When ROS increases in cancer cells, it burns out and die.

And those are just to name a few!