Scientists turn a new leaf to discover a compound in daffodils that targets brain cancer

Monday, November 1, 2010 - 10:00 in Biology & Nature

When looking for new ways to treat aggressive brain cancers, an international team of scientists turned a new leaf and "discovered" the lowly daffodil. A new research study published in the November 2010 print issue of The FASEB Journal offers hope that a natural compound found in daffodil bulbs, called narciclasine, may be a powerful therapeutic against biologically aggressive forms of human brain cancers.

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