鸸鹋油癌症的希望
发表于2014年5月6月日 标签：动物，健康
珀斯的研究人员正在进行突破性的研究，探讨鸸鹋油是否可以口服，以治疗可导致肠癌的发病。Suzanne Mashtoub博士,来自澳大利亚西部大学医学院，她已获得由Cancer Council WA发放的25000美元的补助金。
Mashtoub博士是在世界上唯一着眼于鸸鹋油用于肠道疾病内部治疗的研究。“我这个研究的主要目的是探讨鸸鹋油能减轻炎症和修复溃疡性结肠炎引起的肠损伤，尔后监控是否我们可以预防肠癌的发展。“Mashtoub博士说。她说，鸸鹋油用来缓解疼痛，已被土著人使用了几千年，最近的一些研究强调了鸸鹋油局部应用治疗皮肤炎症的好处，如关节炎。
Mashtoub博士在她大学荣誉年期间开始探索这一领域的研究，并且她对提高患有这些疾病患者的生活质量产生了浓厚兴趣。“我也在尝试不同的批次的鸸鹋油，并确保鸸鹋油的功效是一致的，不管它是从哪儿来的，”她说。
本研究属于实验室基础学试验，预计明年初完成。Mashtoub博士希望的临床试验将不会太遥远。
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Emu oil cancer hope
Posted on 06 May 2014. Tags: Animals, Health
APerthresearcher is conducting ground-breaking research to investigate whether emu oil can be taken orally to treat diseases that can lead to the onset of bowel cancer.
Suzanne Mashtoub, from the School of Medicine and Pharmacology at University of Western Australia,has been awarded a $25,000 grant by the Cancer Council WA.Dr Mashtoub is the only researcher in the world looking at the use of emu oil as an internal treatment for bowel diseases.
“My primary aim with this research is to investigate whether emu oil can reduce inflammation and repair damage in the bowel caused by ulcerative colitis,and subsequently monitor if we can then prevent the development of bowel cancer,” Dr Mashtoub said.
She said emu oil was used for thousands of years by Indigenous people to provide relief from pain,and more recently some research has highlighted the benefits of topical applications of emu oil to treat inflammatory skin conditions such as arthritis.
Dr Mashtoub started exploring this field of research during her honours year at university and she has developed a passion for improving the quality of life for patients suffering from these diseases.
“I’m also looking at experimenting with different batches of emu oil and making sure that the efficacy of emu oil is consistent regardless of where it comes from,” she said.
The research is lab based and expected to be completed by early next year.Dr Mashtoub is hoping clinical trials will not be too far off.
