The ocean is home to powerful chemicals that may help treat cancer, researchers suggest. Photography by Dr. John Hooper Scientists believe novel chemicals with the potential to cure human illness may be found in the ocean. Researchers chemically synthesized a compound that had been isolated from a sea sponge. The compound — 3,10-dibromofascaplysin — was tested on various prostate...
The frigid waters of the Antarctic may yield a treatment for a deadly disease that affects populations in some of the hottest places on earth. Current medications for that scourge — malaria — are becoming less effective as drug resistance spreads. But researchers report in ACS’ Journal of Natural Products that a peptide they isolated from an Antarctic sponge shows promise as a lead...
