Exploring Soy's
Oncologic Potential
SOY HA S BECOME A SIGNIFICANT
TOPIC OF RESE ARCH
REGARDING ITS POTENTIAL
CANCER›REL ATED BENEFITS.
CERTAIN COMPONENTS
OF SOY ¥ PARTICUL ARLY
ISOFL AVONES ¥ HAVE BEEN
LINKED TO A REDUCTION IN
BRE A ST CANCER RECURRENCE,
AND RESE ARCH FROM THE
UNIVERSIT Y OF ARIZONA
CANCER CENTER IN TUCSON
SUGGESTS SOY COULD E VEN
SUPPRESS THE DE VELOPMENT
OF CANCEROUS TUMORS.
A STUDY PUBLISHED in Current Developments in Nutrition focused on a specific
soy isoflavone: genistein. One role of genistein is to protect BRCA1, a gene that can
help subdue tumor growth.
In many cancer patients, the BRCA1 gene may be silenced — making it harmless to
cancer cells — when a protein, aromatic hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), is triggered by
carcinogens in the environment, including tobacco smoke.
Researchers wanted to determine whether soy could help disable the eects of AhR
on BRCA1, Medical News Today reports.
Using cancer cells from breast cancer patients, the team was able to confirm that
genistein could be used to reboot BRCA1.
The researchers plan further experiments in this area.
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