Green tea fights cancer

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GREEN TEA FIGHTS CANCER (running time = 2:09)

SUGGESTED INTRO: THE JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE REPORTS THAT A CHEMICAL FOUND IN GREEN TEA CAUSES CANCER CELLS TO COMMIT SUICIDE. MORE IN THIS REPORT:

VIDEO: Shots of lab workers and test equipment. Bulk bags of green tea. Wide shot of Hasan Mukhtar with fellow researcher. CU of E-G-C-G compound in dish. CU of brewed green tea in a beaker. Researcher pulls test tube from rack. Still shot of cancer cells undergoing apoptosis.

VOICEOVER: MEDICAL RESEARCHERS AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY HAVE FOUND A COMPONENT OF GREEN TEA THAT TRIGGERS A SUICIDAL CELL DEATH AMONG CANCER CELLS IN LIVING TISSUE. RESEARCHERS LED BY HASAN MUKHTAR FOUND THAT A COMPOUND CALLED E-G-C-G, COMMONLY FOUND IN BREWED GREEN TEA, SIGNALS CANCER CELLS TO DIE OR BE KILLED. MUKHTAR SAYS THE CANCER CELLS USUALLY OBLIGE BY TRIGGERING A SELF-PROGRAMMED DEATH PROCESS CALLED APOPTOSIS.

SOT & SUGGESTED SUPER:
Hasan Mukhtar, Ph.D., CWRU cancer researcher

OUTCUE: "... will manifest by itself." (:19)

VIDEO: Cut-away of researcher pouring liquid into beaker. 2nd shot of cancer cells undergoing apoptosis.

VOICEOVER: ALTHOUGH IT IS UNCLEAR HOW CANCER CELLS COMMUNICATE INSTRUCTIONS TO SELF-DESTRUCT, CELLS UNDERGOING APOPTOSIS ARE VISIBLY ALTERED.

VIDEO: Interview with Hasan Mukhtar.

OUTCUE: "... suicide than be killed." (:34)

VIDEO: Cut-away of 3rd shot of cancer cells in apoptosis. Shot of 6 products containing green tea extracts. Cut to CU shot of 2 products containing extracts. People tanning at the beach. Man with dark tan at the beach. Cut to 3 beakers containing brewed green tea.

VOICEOVER MANY FOOD AND COSMETIC PRODUCTS NOW USE GREEN TEA EXTRACTS AS AN ADDITIVE. WHEN APPLIED TOPICALLY, THE EXTRACTS PREVENT SKIN CANCERS ASSOCIATED WITH SUN AND CHEMICAL EXPOSURE. MUKHTAR SAYS GREEN TEA EXTRACTS ALSO SHOW PROMISE IN FIGHTING CANCERS OF THE BLADDER, ESOPHAGUS, AND PROSTATE.

VIDEO: CU of tea mug being filled with hot water, showing green tea bag label. Shot sequence of woman at office desk drinking green tea. Black.

VOICEOVER: SO, HOW MUCH TEA IS ENOUGH? MUKHTAR SAYS AN AVERAGE CUP OF BREWED GREEN TEA CONTAINS BETWEEN 100 AND 200 MILLIGRAMS OF THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT, AND FOUR CUPS PER DAY IS A GOOD DOSAGE.

THIS IS TOM SHROUT REPORTING FROM CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, CLEVELAND.

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