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Archive Home > 2008 > October > 27 > Cancer cure in a deep-sea sponge? Institute tests a synthetic version

Cancer cure in a deep-sea sponge? Institute tests a synthetic version

By Robyn Shelton / The Bulletin
October 27, 2008

ORLANDO, Fla. — A sponge that lives in the ocean depths off Florida’s coastline holds a compound that might fight pancreatic and colon cancers.

As one of their first projects in Florida, scientists at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research in Orlando have created a....

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