Traditional Chinese medicine may help prevent polycystic kidney disease
Posted on May 1st, 2007 by DAAN
Chinese medicine found effective in treating polycystic kidney disease
“A new study has found that a centuries old Chinese traditional medicine, Triptolide has the potential to stop cyst formation in polycystic kidney disease
Triptolide is derived from a Chinese medicinal herb named Lei Gong Teng, which has been used in traditional medicine to treat cancer, inflammation, and auto-immune diseases and, more recently, also has been tested in Phase I clinical trials as an anti-tumour agent.
The research holds out hope for what would be the first treatment for the disease other than kidney transplant or frequent dialysis.
The study was conducted by a team of researchers led by researcher Dr. Craig Crews at Yale University.”
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