Encouraging news for University of Windsor cancer researchers. Health Canada has given scientists the go-ahead to begin a clinical trial of the cancer-fighting benefits of dandelion root extract. It has shown promising hope in killing bad cells, while leaving the healthy ones alone. A request for a human trial was submitted in 2012 and is only now getting the green-light. The trial is now open for oncologist referrals, with room for 30 patients, who have exhausted all other cancer treatments