Texas wines and cancer growth

It’s a happy time for Texas wine drinkers.
According to a Texas AgriLife researcher, wines produced in the Lone Star State share anti-cancer traits that exist in wines from other parts of the world.
Extracts from two Texas red wines decreased colon and breast cancer cell growth in similar amounts to other wines previously studied.
"In general, studies show that wine may either prevent cells from mutating into cancer cells, or stop existing cancer cells from growing and causing them to die," Dr. Susanne Talcott said in a news release.
She said the findings suggest that people who consume regular, moderate amounts of Texas wine daily - up to a glass and a half - may benefit from similar health benefits ascribed to wines from other regions.
To put it simply, cancer cells grow unimpeded until wine compounds slow the spread of cancer. The study finished last month and examined port and syrah wine.
"These results could definitely be projected to all Texas wines containing similar amounts of bioactive compounds," Talcott said. "And this will be the basis for a continued intensive study of all the health benefits of wines made in this state."
She will now begin studying other health benefits of Texas wines including its impact on cardiovascular disease.
The state is home to 177 wineries.
For more information, visit http://winegrapes.tamu.edu/ or at http://www.gotexanwine.org/.