Researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center are studying whether adding a component of cotton plants to chicken feed might result in anti-cancer eggs and chicken meat.
The researchers are studying a substance called gossypol that can be added to chicken feed made of cottonseed meal. The substance is a natural pigment and insect repellent found in cotton plants that also has important anti-cancer properties.
“We are trying to produce cancer-fighting chicken meat and eggs by feeding chickens gossypol-enriched cottonseed meal,� says Dr. Young C. Lin, who is leading the research at Ohio State’s Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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