ST. LOUIS -- The extract from a vegetable that is common in India and China shows promise in triggering a chain of events that kills breast cancer cells and prevents them from multiplying, a Saint ...

PHILADELPHIA — Bitter melon extract, a common dietary supplement, exerts a significant effect against breast cancer cell growth and may eventually become a chemopreventive agent against this form of ...

Bitter melon extract may have therapeutic potential to treat head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), according to a new study in PLOS One (October 17, 2013). Saint Louis University pathology ...

Set Daily Express as a 'Preferred Source' to get quicker access to the news you value. Scientists have found that the warty green fruit used in ancient Chinese medicine, restricts the ability of ...

Preliminary researches into bitter melon and pawpaw point to the fact that they may hold the cure for breast cancer and several other cancers, experts have said. Experts looking at the effect of an ...

NEW YORK Many Westerners trying it for the first time cringe the moment it enters their mouths, and its taste is so strong that some brewers in China even use it as a substitute for hops, but a new ...

Acute ingestion of bitter melon (BM) has been shown to suppress the postprandial glycemic response in diabetics, but its impact on glucose regulation among individuals with impaired glucose tolerance ...

Researchers conducted experiments in a laboratory and found the bitter melon extract killed only the cancer cells and not the healthy breast cells. Scientists say this does not prove the extract ...

Pathology professor Ratna Ray, PhD, received a $39,425 grant from the Lottie Caroline Hardy Charitable Trust to continue her research on treating cancer with natural substances such as bitter melon ...