RESEARCHERS SHARPEN SEARCH FOR NEW MARINE MEDICINES WITH NOVEL TECHNIQUES
March 19, 2008
March 19, 2008
LA JOLLA, Calif., March 19 -- The University of California at San Diego issued the following press release:
With the number of terrestrial sources that yield novel treatments for human disease decreasing year by year, the oceans have been tapped as a promising resource for discovering new natural biomedicines. Two studies by scientists at UC San Diego, each utilizing mass spectrometry in novel ways, have helped narrow the gap in identifying potent natural compounds from the sea th . . .
With the number of terrestrial sources that yield novel treatments for human disease decreasing year by year, the oceans have been tapped as a promising resource for discovering new natural biomedicines. Two studies by scientists at UC San Diego, each utilizing mass spectrometry in novel ways, have helped narrow the gap in identifying potent natural compounds from the sea th . . .