The Change Mariner: Tea-Based Lotion Could Fight Skin Cancer

September 12, 2003

Tea-Based Lotion Could Fight Skin Cancer

A popular drink may soon become a cancer-fighting lotion. Researchers at the University of Minnesota in Austin are developing a new cream composed of compounds found in tea to help fight skin cancer, the most common type of cancer in the United States.

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"We feel this is an important step in improving the prevention of skin cancer," says study leader Dr. Zigang Dong, a professor at the university and executive director of the school's Hormel Institute. "Topical application of certain tea polyphenols appears to block a key process that leads to skin cancer."

Posted by Norm M. Wada at September 12, 2003 2:38 AM
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