Research studies have shown that an antioxidant that is found in red wine can select and then kill cancer cells without harming healthy cells. A chemical that makes grape skins and wine red has been shown to kill human leukemia and lymphoma cells that were cultured in a lab. The research is to be published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. And, unlike other cancer treatments which often damage healthy cells while attempting to eradicate cancer cells, this compound doesn't.

About 44,000 new leukemia cases will be diagnosed in the United States in 2007, and there will be about 22,000 leukemia-related deaths according to the National Cancer Institute.

Gillian Parrillo
The Sacramento Executive