Antimyeloma activity of the sesquiterpene lactone cnicin: impact on Pim-2 kinase as a novel therapeutic target…(and other readings)…

That (first part) is the title of an abstract I came upon earlier this morning: http://goo.gl/wIPGR It discusses cnicin, a sesquiterpene lactone (= a chemical compound that can cause allergic, even toxic!, reactions if overdosed…but, if correctly dosed, can reduce inflammation…aha!) that is able to kill myeloma cells even in the presence of survival cytokines and the tumor microenvironment. […]