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Nature Medicine 11, 698 (2005)
doi:10.1038/nm0705-698b
Deep-sea creatures yield treasure trove of cancer drugs
Leslie Harris O'Hanlon1
- Placitas, New Mexico
Compunds are being mass produced and genetically engineered in laboratories.An expedition to the Republic of Palau in Micronesia has led to the discovery that microbes inside a bright green creature that lives in tropical oceans produce peptides that can kill cancer cells.
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