Can rice cure cancer? Three Chhattisgarh varieties can, claim researchers

Can rice cure cancer? Well, if researchers working on a joint project of Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV), Raipur, and Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, are right, three traditional rice varieties cultivated largely by tribal farmers of Chhattisgarh have been found to possess qualities that can cure lung and breast cancers. 

Their preliminary findings, however, have been strongly disputed by the medical fraternity and activists who are working relentlessly in creating cancer awareness. 
 

They have contended that such claims are hard to believe and have not been substantiated by the medical science. 

‘Lycha’, ‘Gauthan’ and ‘Maharaji’ — the three traditional rice