Pancreatic Cancer

Effects of heavy water on human pancreatic tumor cells examined

Published in Health and Medicine Week, October 10th, 2005

The effects of heavy water, deuterium oxide (D₂ O), on human pancreatic tumor cells were examined.

"Pancreatic cancer constitutes an entity which is difficult to treat and, therefore, mostly fatal. Since heavy water D₂ O was shown to be active in various cancer cell lines in vitro and in vivo, we now investigated its effects in human pancreatic tumor cells. The cytotoxic effects of D₂ O were examined in three pancreatic cancer cell lines (AsPC-1, BxPC-3 and PANC-1)," scientists in Austria reported.

"Induction of apoptosis was determined by Hoechst/propidium iodide double staining and cell cycle distribution was...

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Source: Health and Medicine Week (2005-10-10)

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