You may recall how a chemical in green vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower can improve the repair of cellular DNA and prevent them from becoming cancerous. Another cancer-fighting chemical present in both vegetables -- sulforaphane (SFN) -- may prevent the occurrence of hereditary cancers too.
Rutgers researchers tested their theory on a special breed of mice that were mutated to turn off the Apc genes that suppress tumors, the same gene responsible for the development of colon cancer in humans. Read more...
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