甜苫艾提取物-青蒿素(Artemisinin)在中国古代用于治疗疟疾,现在研究人员发现,青蒿素还可以锁定并杀死癌细胞,也许将来有一天,科学家能够找到用它来治疗乳腺癌的办法。华盛顿大学的两名生物工程师在一项最新研究中发现,青蒿素看起来能够预防老鼠患上乳腺癌。这些小老鼠事先都喂了能诱发癌 Artemisinin, used in ancient China to treat malaria, is now found in artemisinins that can also lock and kill cancer cells, and perhaps one day scientists will be able to find ways to treat the breast Cancer approach. In a recent study, two bioengineers at the University of Washington found that artemisinin appears to prevent mice from getting breast cancer. These mice are fed in advance to induce cancer