Marine moss reveals clues to anti-cancer compound

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Close-up of the bushy marine bryozoan Bugula neritina. Credit: Margo Haygood OHSU
Close-up of the bushy marine bryozoan Bugula neritina. Credit: Margo Haygood, OHSU

An Oregon Health & Science University researcher believes the discovery of a gene cluster from a bacterium that protects a moss-like marine invertebrate from predators may be the first step toward engineering cancer-fighting drugs.


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