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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

  1. 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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