Cancer cure in a sponge?

[SeanCallan]

"This compound is about as potent as the best drug that's currently used for pancreatic cancer," Wright said.

 

http://www.physorg.com/news144250695.html

[djcerna]

When I was a undergrad at University of California at Santa Cruz, Phil Crews had and still operates a lab, isolating compounds from sponges from the Great Barrier Reef. His lab would take a few weeks every year to identify and collect these samples. To be a member of his lab you had to be certified for SCUBA in open water and a chemistry major.

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