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OldBill - 26 Jan 2007 22:16 GMT

Last Year the MD Anderson Cancer Research Centre
at the U. of Texas ran pilot trials on circumin therapy
for Myeloma.
A patient who had been diagnosed with MGUS in 1999
and with MM in late December 2005 commenced the
initial 8-week protocol at the end of which IgG levels
had decreased by almost 20%.
By the end of last year this had drop had increased to
almost 30% .A bone marrow biopsy earlier this month
shows a 40 percent neoplastic proliferation, which is a 20%
reduction.
The only side effect reported was a reduction in (high)
cholesterol by more than 50mg/dL.
Circumin is an ingredient of turmeric, a natural spice
widely used in Indian cookery. It has also been
a therapy in Ayurvedic medicine for many centuries.
MD Anderson is a Cancer Research Centre of world renown.
www.mdanderson.org

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Matti Narkia - 27 Jan 2007 15:23 GMT

>Last Year the MD Anderson Cancer Research Centre
>at the U. of Texas ran pilot trials on circumin therapy
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
>MD Anderson is a Cancer Research Centre of world renown.
>www.mdanderson.org

Thanks for the information. I think that you mean curcumin.

Here some general articles about curcumin and turmeric:

Curcumin
Micronutrient Information Center - Linus Pauling Institute
<http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/phytochemicals/curcumin/>

MedlinePlus Herbs and Supplements: Turmeric (Curcuma longa Linn.) and
Curcumin
<http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-turmeric.html>

Turmeric root
Expanded German Commission E Monographs Online - Published by the
American Botanical Council
<http://www.herbalgram.org/iherb/expandedcommissione/he096.asp>

Curcuma longa (turmeric) - HerbMed
<http://www.herbmed.org/herbs/herb9.htm>

Curcumin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curcumin>

I searched some more curcumin info from MD Anderson,
clinicaltrials.gov, and PubMed Medline database:

Curcumin trials at MD Anderson:

<http://search.atomz.com/search?sp-a=sp1000cbd6&sp-f=iso-8859-1&sp-q=curcumin&sp-
k=Clinical+Trials>

Curcumin trials at clinicaltrials.gov:

<http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/search?term=curcumin&submit=Search>

Curcumin News Releases at MD Anderson website:

<http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp_a=sp1000cbd6&sp_f=iso-8859-1&sp_q=curcumin&sp
_k=M+D+Anderson+News+Releases>

Curcumin search at MD Anderson website, patients and public:

<http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp_a=sp1000cbd6&sp_f=iso-8859-1&sp_q=curcumin&sp
_k=Patients+and+Public>

Curcumin search, all of MD Anderson website:

<http://promosearch.atomz.com/search/promosearch/?sp-q=curcumin&sp-a=sp1000cbd6>

Curcumin and myolema related Medline references:

<http://tinyurl.com/yq76tb>

Medline references about curcumin and cancer:

<http://tinyurl.com/ysxups>

I added sci.med.diseases.cancer to the distribution.

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OldBill - 27 Jan 2007 18:09 GMT

> Thanks for the information. I think that you mean curcumin.

Thank you for some very helpful links. Sorry about the typo.

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Matti Narkia - 28 Jan 2007 03:06 GMT

>>Last Year the MD Anderson Cancer Research Centre
>>at the U. of Texas ran pilot trials on circumin therapy
[quoted text clipped - 68 lines]
>
><http://tinyurl.com/ysxups>

There is an article about curcumin and turmeric in the latest issue of
Scientific American:

Spice Healer
An ingredient in curry shows promise for treating Alzheimer's, cancer
and other diseases. By Gary Stix
Scientific American, February 2007 issue
<http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=1&articleID=131CED4F-E7F2-99
DF-3C84BB412D1D3B51>

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OldBill - 29 Jan 2007 19:21 GMT

> There is an article about curcumin and turmeric in the latest issue of
> Scientific American:
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> Scientific American, February 2007 issue
> <http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=1&articleID=131CED4F-E7F2-99
DF-3C84BB412D1D3B51>

Here is an interesting abstract
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T4P-4MK5GJ9-2&_user=1
0&_coverDate=12%2F15%2F2006&_alid=531857526&_rdoc=23&_fmt=summary&_orig=search&_
cdi=4980&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=1278&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVer
sion=0&_userid=10&md5=c2d02a5852a6820cbc20c60923b5e762

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