Curry Ingredient Fights Skin Cancer - US Study
(Washington, Reuters Health, 7/11/05)

Bharat Aggarwal of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and team, exposed three batches of skin cancer cells to vary amounts of curcumin, the yellow compound in the curry spice turmeric. The curcumin inhibited two proteins that tumor cells need to stay immortal, making the cancer cells vulnerable to apoptosis, a process of self-destruction. These findings suggest that curcumin, an antioxidant, may help fight melanoma.