Microbiome of anticancer compound-producing marine invertebrate
Saturday, June 27, 2020 - 11:21
in Biology & Nature
Could the cure for melanoma - the most dangerous type of skin cancer -- be a compound derived from a marine invertebrate that lives at the bottom of the ocean? A group of scientists think so, and are looking to the microbiome of an Antarctic ascidian called Synoicum adareanum to better understand the possibilities for development of a melanoma-specific drug.