Scientists have found that a common herb used in traditional
Chinese medicine may help to make cancer treatment more effective.
The bark of the Amur cork
tree (Phellodendron amurense) is a major source of huáng bò (黄柏), one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional
Chinese medicine. It has been used for centuries as a painkiller and
anti-inflammation agent. Now scientists have shown that it may help make cancer
treatment more effective.
Researcher A. Pratap Kumar was already exploring the cork
tree extract’s promise in treating prostate cancer when his team found that
deadly pancreatic cancers share some similar development pathways with prostate
tumors.
In a paper published in the journal Clinical Cancer
Research, the researchers show that the extract blocks those pathways and
inhibits the scarring that thwarts anti-cancer drugs.
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