Peachy results
A technique that boosts the size of peaches may also be able to block the growth and spread of tumours, according to preliminary studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Researchers used a protein called actibind to block blood supply to cancerous cells, which hindered their ability to move through the blood stream. The technique doesn't affect normal cells and has none of the side effects of radiation or chemotherapy. Oded Shoseyov told Reuters his team initially used protein to successfully inhibit the growth of pollen cells in peach trees, increasing the size of each fruit by reducing the yield.