Natural chemical found in blue-green algae found to destroy cancer cells … Potent anti-cancer medicine fights brain and breast tumors that chemo can’t treat

Thursday, April 21, 2016
By Paul Martin

by: Isabelle Z.
NaturalNews.com
Thursday, April 21, 2016

Scientists from Oregon State University have discovered that a compound found in algae can fight two of the most aggressive types of cancer out there: triple negative breast cancer and brain tumors. The findings were presented at the Experimental Biology 2016 meeting last month in San Diego.

The discovery was made by Oregon State’s Dr. Kerry McPhail, who actually found the compound while scuba diving in the Coiba National Park in Panama eight years ago. She collected the blue-green algae known as cyanobacteria on the dive, and found that it contained at least three different species of algae that grow on rocks situated in fast-moving water.

Blue-green algae contains a compound known as coibamide A, and it turns out that it can prevent cancer cells from communicating with blood vessels and other types of cells, thereby killing the diseased cells.

After isolating the compound coibamide A, Dr. McPhail screened it for anti-cancer activity and discovered a novel pattern that sets it apart from every known type of treatment currently available.

Marine environments still largely unexplored for medicinal purposes

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