AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Byline: Ohio State University
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- New research suggests that whey, a liquid byproduct from cheese production, may play a role in helping prevent prostate cancer.
When Ohio State University food scientists treated human prostate cells in the lab with whey protein, cellular levels of the antioxidant glutathione increased. Antioxidants such as glutathione have been shown to control cancer-causing free radicals.
Cancer researchers suspect that the accumulation of free radicals plays a role in the development of prostate cancer.
In the current study, the Ohio State scientists found that treating prostate …