Melatonin that helps control sleep can now boost the immune response against cancer cells, inhibit cancer cell growth and can protect healthy cells from chemotherapy.
‘Melatonin boosts the immune response against cancer cells and can regulate circadian rhythms.’
They point to evidence that melatonin boosts the immune response against cancer cells, inhibits cancer cell growth, and protects healthy cells from the toxic effects of chemotherapy. Because melatonin is also involved in regulating circadian rhythms, which help coordinate and synchronize internal body functions, timing of melatonin treatments may be critical to their anticancer effects.
"We hope this information will be helpful in the design of studies related to the therapeutic efficacy of melatonin in blood cancers," said Dr. Yang Yang, senior author of the British Journal of Pharmacology article.
Melatonin
Melatonin is the body’s master hormone with several significant functions, including the monitoring of other hormones and regulating the sleep-wake cycle.
Melatonin is the body’s master hormone with several significant functions, including the monitoring of other hormones and regulating the sleep-wake cycle.
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