Research grant to probe anti-cancer effects of dandelion tea
Canadian researchers have received an additional $157,000 grant to study cancer-fighting properties of dandelion root extract. The grant now totals $217,000 and will be used by the University of Windsor to advance research about the efficiency of dandelion root extracts in killing cancerous cells. Scientists were spurred by findings that dandelion root extract forced a very aggressive and drug-resistant type of blood cancer cell to essentially commit suicide. They tested the formula on leukemia cells and discovered that it caused those cells to kill themselves, without affecting healthy cells. The majority of the grant is provided by the Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation.