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Scientists have come up with a potential new way to treat neuroblastoma, the most common kind of cancer in infants, by targeting it with nanoparticles loaded up with an ingredient of the spice turmeric. 科学家最近研究出了可以治疗成神经细胞瘤（婴幼儿时期多发的一种癌症）的一种潜在新方法，利用携带姜黄的纳米颗粒来消除目标瘤。 Turmeric is more often used to add flavour to curries, but the curcumin chemical it contains has shown promising progress in tests in destroying neuroblastoma tumour cells resistant to other drugs. 姜黄通常被加进咖喱添加风味，但它所含的姜黄色素在消灭对许多药物显示出抗性的成神经细胞瘤细胞的试验中表现出了可喜的成绩。 If scientists can work out how to adapt this into a full and safe treatment, it would have the benefit of being less toxic and unpleasant for patients than traditional alternatives like chemotherapy – which is especially important when you're dealing with young kids. 如果科学家能研究出如何将此应用于全面安全的治疗，那么许多面临传统治疗如化疗风险痛的病人将能享受到副作用更小的治疗方法——当病人是儿童时更显重要。 "High-risk neuroblastoma can be resistant to traditional therapy, and survival can be poor," says lead researcher Tamarah J. Westmoreland, from the University of Central Florida. | 
