Tag: Elias James Corey

  • Nation & World

    Sea squirt cancer drug under test

    In the United States, researchers at three Harvard University-affiliated hospitals — Massachusetts General Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital — have been testing a powerful drug on…

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  • Nation & World

    Potent cancer drugs made from sea squirts

    In May 2000, researchers at Harvard University announced that they had succeeded in synthesizing a complex anti-tumor drug that is more powerful than any other known drug. The drug, ecteinascidin,…

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