Claim: Bharat Aggarwal's career has focused researching anti-cancer properties in herbs and spices, but he has never used this research to found his own company.
Evidence: Aggarwal's research has focused on potential anti-cancer properties of herbs and spices, particularly curcumin, which is found in the spice turmeric. In 2004 Aggarwal co-founded the company Curry Pharmaceuticals, based in Research Triangle Park, N.C., which was seeking to develop drugs based on synthetic analogs of curcumin.