This article from the Toronto Sun discusses new research extolling the health benefits associated with moderate consumption of red wine, including the following:
"Italian researchers observed that exposing cells from breast cancer patients to resveratrol caused a marked reduction in their growth. This effect is caused by a drastic reduction in the receptor's exposure to estrogen, a protein often associated with the progression of breast tumours. More importantly, the study showed that resveratrol could stop the growth of cancer cells resistant to tamoxifen, a medication currently being used to treat hormone-dependant breast cancers.
These results suggest that resveratrol could serve as a model for the development of cancer-fighting agents that could be used to treat women who have become resistant to hormone therapies."
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