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Check this out - we like curry but don't have it that often, guess we'll start eating it more often. I make a mean curried chicken

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/0910 ... ncer_curry

Scientists say curry compound kills cancer cells

LONDON (Reuters) - A molecule found in a curry ingredient can kill esophageal cancer cells in the laboratory, suggesting it might be developed as an anti-cancer treatment, scientists said on Wednesday.

Researchers at the Cork Cancer Research Center in Ireland treated esophageal cancer cells with curcumin -- a chemical found in the spice turmeric, which gives curries a distinctive yellow color -- and found it started to kill cancer cells within 24 hours.

The cells also began to digest themselves, they said in a study published in the British Journal of Cancer.

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