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Sea life yields potential leukemia and disease fighting compounds
Scientists tapping the sea for drugs report long, drippy seaweed from the Atlantic and Caribbean queen conch contain substances inhibiting leukemia cells and diseases like polio and influenza. Researchers, systematizing natural materials, warn these compounds may lead to new medications or replace weakened land medicines.
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Lonnelle Aikman
National Geographic Society
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