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Aspirin destroys cancer cells

Aspirin has a growing reputation as a miracle drug. Half a tablet a day is known to prevent a heart attack. A new study doctors by showing that it can actually slow the growth of bowel cancer cells – and even destroy them. The Cancer Research Campaign is so impressed, it is developing aspirin or an aspirin-like compound as an eventual cure for bowel cancer.

(Coleção Objetivo – Livro 35)

GLOSSARY
bowel – intestino

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