Vegetables that fight cancer?

Consumption of raw vegetables confers protection against genotoxic agents, finds a 2015 study from Poland. (1) Analyzing food frequency questionnaires from colorectal cancer patients, hospital-based controls and healthy laboratory workers, the study asked…

“Can consumption of raw vegetables decrease the count of sister chromatid exchange?”

Sister-chromatid exchanges (SCEs) occur when a chromosome is duplicated for cell replication and the two members of the pair exchange seemingly identical segments. While not necessarily harmful in itself, a high sister-chromatid exchange rate indicates a cell has been exposed to a mutagen. (2) SCE has become widely used to measure the mutagenic and carcinogenic properties of …read more