Ocean Bacteria Spawns Potential Cancer Drug
Deep in the ocean, sponges of the Agelas family emit chemicals believed to help them defend their territory. Those chemicals, called agelastatins, have also shown the ability to kill cancer cells. For that reason, chemists have been trying to find ways to synthesize agelastatins in the laboratory since the chemicals were discovered in 1993. Now, chemists at MIT recently discovered the shortest and most productive way to synthesize all six of the known agelastatins.
Ocean Bacteria Spawns Potential Cancer Drug
Sponges of the Agelas family, or bacteria living within the sponges, emit chemicals, called agelastatins, that have shown the ability to kill cancer cells.
Tue 31 Aug 10 from Laboratory Equipment
Potential cancer drug arises from sponges
Deep in the ocean, sponges of the Agelas family emit chemicals believed to help them defend their territory. Those chemicals, called agelastatins, have also shown the ability to kill cancer ...
Mon 30 Aug 10 from R&D Mag
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