Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Alternative medicine remedies might stimulate leukemic cell viability
Published in Blood Weekly, February 16th, 2006
According to a study from Poland, "Ex vivo activity of 3 products of alternative therapy against leukemic and normal cells was analyzed. Extracts of Viscum album, Uncaria tomentosa, and Croton lechleri were used for the study. Leukemic cells of 53 children with acute leukemias and 4 cell lines, Jurkat, CCRF-CEM, HL-60, and K-562 were tested for sensitivity to alternative medicine remedies by the MTT assay, cell-cycle analysis and annexin-V binding assay."
"Leukemic cells showed high resistance to tested 3 compounds of...
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