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A drug derived from the milk thistle plant has proven effective in treating lung cancer in mice. 
 
The drug, Silibinin, is already in clinical trials in humans for prostate cancer. 
 
Researchers used the pure chemical, not dietary supplements of milk thistle which are available in health food stores. 
 
The research continues.

Milk thistle drug blocks lung cancer in mice

Reuters - 6/27/2006 5:31 PM

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Silibinin, a drug derived from milk thistle, destroys lung cancer in mice, investigators at the University of Colorado, Denver report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
 
Lead investigator Dr. Rana P. Singh told Reuters Health, "We have been studying milk thistle components, silymarin and silibinin, to examine their efficacy and mechanisms against different...cancers for over a decade.
 
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