British scientists on a worldwide drive to screen marine fungi for possible use as rugs have found one on
the Malaysian coast that can destroy
leukaemia (blood cancer) cells
(Spectrum, No 245).
Gareth Jones of Portsmouth
University, whose researchers did
the screening, confirmed the lethal
effect of the fungus on leukaemia
cells but added that "Full details of
the discovery are being kept secret at
present." The chemical composition
of the fungal compound with anticancer properties is now being studied by Jones' colleagues in Texas.
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