A chemical naturally formed from Omega-3 fish oil, ¿12-prostaglandin J3, has been shown to cure mice with chronic myelogenous leukemiaA cancer affecting the cells that develop into white or red blood cells. Both of these cell types originate from stem cells in bone marrow. Red blood cells function to carry oxygen to our tissues and the white cells (leukocytes) are part of our immune system. The cancerous cells often accumulate in the blood. (CML). The chemical was first identified as a possible drug by a computer analysis. Researchers gave the drug to mice with CML and the results were striking. The mice were cured, with no evidence of disease or relapses. The chemical seems to kill the CML stem cells, the cells at the root of the disease. Studies in humans are planned.
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