December 11/Denver/Southwest Farm Press -- A recent report in ScienceDaily indicates the latest research on rice bran offers encouraging news of the preventive qualities of the food product, especially in preventing the recurrence of colon cancer in test animals.
In the journal Advances in Nutrition, Dr. Elizabeth P. Ryan, a Colorado State University Cancer Center researcher and assistant professor in the Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, says the latest research indicates rice bran may prevent cancer cell development and may even aid in destroying cancer-infected cells.