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Searching For Cancer Treatments In Harmful Algal Blooms

May 2, 2016

Searching For Cancer Treatments In Harmful Algal Blooms

A white person's hands stained and dripping green. The water beneath the hands is equally green with streaks of blue water poking through

Maureen Langlois

A new collaboration by researchers at Ohio State, Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Biosortia Pharmaceuticals will explore the potential for cancer treatments in compounds harvested from harmful algal blooms such as those that appear on Lake Erie every summer. Early results show promise for applications to pediatric cancer (neuroblastoma), liver cancer (Hepatitis C virus) and an alternative approach to combat tumor growth by stimulating a patient’s immune responses (immuno-oncology). Read more…

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