In any area of medicine you have to keep up in your field by reading, attending seminars and journal browsing. I try to do all three. In addition I read a variety of different medical journals on a variety of topics both within my field of cardiology and all areas on medicine, both conventional and integrative. Recently he compound — curcusone D — has the potential to help combat a protein found in many cancers, including some forms of breast, brain, colorectal, prostate, lung and liver cancers, among others.
In the past I have taught Integrative Oncology at the University of Bridgeport College of Naturopathic Medicines. I tried to give the students all published data on natural compounds and its role n the treatment and support of cancers.
Curcusones are compounds that come from a shrub named Jatropha curcas, also called the purging nut. Native to the Americas, it has spread to other continents, including Africa and Asia. The plant has long been used for medicinal properties — including the treatment of cancer.
“For killing cancer cells and stopping migration, there are other compounds that do that,” Mingii Dai, Professor of said. “But as far as inhibiting the BRAT1 protein, there are no other compounds that can do that.”
Until tomorrow