U.S. scientists isolate strong anti-cancer substances from algae
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Last Update: 2020-07-04
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U.Sscientists recently discovered that,a substance isolated from seaweed has a strong anti-cancer effect, scientists at the University of California, San Diego, report in the new issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences thatthe anti-cancer substance, known simply as scA
,separated from a type of algae called mermaid hair in the South PacificAlthough the algae are toxic,the study found that,isolated ScA is toxic and side-effects, and has a strong anti-cancer effectScA is reported to inhibit the formation of blood vessels that provide nutrients fortumorand can directly affect the spread oftumor cells In addition, if used against cancer cells, you can achieve a small number of more, that is, with a small amount of ScA can kill a large number of cancer cells ScA is unique in structure and can naturally bind to nanoparticles, so it can be used as a targeted therapy with nanotechnology, said Wolf Lasidello, the scientist who led the study
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