Chocolate cancer connection

NBC - A sweet temptation may prove to have some cancer fighting benefits too. 

Researchers at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center say a natural compound found in chocolate could lead to better treatments for cancer.

Researchers looked at what happened when they used a purified preparation of a synthetic chemical found in cocoa beans on a variety of breast cancer cells, compared to treatment on normal breast cells.

They found this chemical was able to slow down tumor growth and even destroy some tumor cells.

The next step would be to study the effects in lab animals.

This study was partly funded by Mars, Inc., the candy maker.

The study is published online in Cell Cycle.