Chinese Herbal Extract May Help Kill Off Pancreatic Cancer Cells

The American Physiological Society (Bethesda, MD) announced that a group of University of Minnesota researchers have found that triptolide, an extract of the Chinese herb thunder god vine (Tirpterygium wilforii), suppresses GRP78, eventually leading to pancreatic cancer cell death. The researcher’s article, published in the American Journal of Physiology—Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, explained that GRP78, ...