The wise men brought frankincense to the babe in the manger, but now there is a renewed interest in this fabled substance
"Scientists have observed that there is some agent within frankincense which stops cancer spreading, and which induces cancerous cells to close themselves . . "Cancer starts when the DNA code within the cell's nucleus becomes corrupted. It seems frankincense has a re-set function. It can tell the cell what the right DNA code should be.
Frankincense separates the 'brain' of the cancerous cell - the nucleus - from the 'body' - the cytoplasm, and closes down the nucleus to stop it reproducing corrupted DNA codes. Working with frankincense could revolutionise the treatment of cancer. "
The entire BBC news article can be read here.