Jack Losso, an associate professor in the food science department, has been doing research in this area since 2001 and found ceramide, a lipid found in oysters, prevents blood from getting to tumors in the body.
Without nutrients from blood, cancer cells can't multiply.
"The idea is that if you block the blood vessels, tumors can stay there for many years but won't cause disease," he said. "Also, it's been shown that ceramides, when blended with cancer cells, kills the cancer cells but doesn't hurt the normal cells, which is good."
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