COLUMBUS, Ga. ( WRBL ) — A local professor may be on the way to scientifically proving the efficacy of several herbal cancer treatments.
Dr. Ramneet Kaur, originally from India, began her research into herbal cancer treatments in 2018 at the University of North Georgia. In 2020, she shifted from experimental- to computer-based research due to the pandemic. In 2022, she joined Columbus State University (CSU) as an assistant professor in the biology department and later resumed experimental research.
“I’m trying to see if the natural things that we eat in food … can kill the cancer cells, as well as cancer stem cells,” Kaur said.
She resumed her experimental research about one year ago and. So far, Kaur said, she has found promising results.
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Kaur is working with a team of four students – two undergraduates and two graduates – to analyze the effects of ginger, turmeric, berries, ashwagandha and other herbals as potential treatments for triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) and androgen-independent prostate cancer (AIPC).