THE OCEAN'S greatest
treasure has nothing to do with pirates... Or sunken ships. It's not even made
of gold. It's a compound found in brown seaweed.
You've heard of seaweed. You
might even eat it: seaweed salad, sushi rolls. But most people aren't aware of
its power.
The research comes from
Mohammad Irhimeh. He's an assistant professor of hematoncology and stem cells
at Hashemite University in Jordan. He's also a research fellow at Sydney
Hospital in Australia. And he's dedicated his work to the health benefits of
seaweed.
"New therapies are
desperately needed because some forms of B-cell lymphoma are especially
resistant to standard treatment," says Irhimeh.
For this study, he partnered
with colleagues at the University of California, Berkeley and Royal Hobart
Hospital in Australia. They found that a seaweed extract inhibited the growth
of lymphoma cells. Because this approach was so innovative, Irhimeh was invited
to present the results at the AACR Dead Sea International Conference on
Advances in Cancer Research.
Seaweed's Hidden Treasure
Lymphomas are blood cancers
in the lymph glands. They develop when white blood cells act abnormally. B-cell
lymphomas include both Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin.
B-cell lymphoma originates
in the immune system. It's responsible for most non-Hodgkin lymphomas.
"In this study,"
says Irhimeh, "we looked at a new treatment strategy using novel active
compounds derived from a natural source - seaweed."
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