Marine organisms hold promise for treating triple negative breast cancer

(Florida Atlantic University) More than 50 percent of cancer drugs currently used have originated from natural products. Researchers have received $801,000 from the Florida Department of Health for a project to investigate the use of marine natural compounds as potential treatments of triple negative breast cancers. This form of breast cancer, which represents about 12 percent of breast cancers diagnosed in the United States, can be very aggressive and easily spread to other organs, particularly the brain and the lungs.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news