Broccoli Helps Prevent Cancer

Here it comes again! Another reason you should eat your broccoli. There has
been research in the past that suggests sulforaphane, a compound present in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables, can help us prevent or slow cancer’s progression.

There has been another new study that may have discovered how.

Oregon State University (OSU) researchers have found that sulforaphane
reduces the expression of long noncoding RNAs in prostate cancer cells that disrupts
the cells’ ability to form colonies, which is a hallmark of metastatic cancer.

IncRNAs have emerged as key players, rather than Junk DNA as previously believed, in the development of numerous cancers. These include prostate, …read more