Research brings the Fish-killing toxin Holds promising Cancer Applications [what's new]

A new study of the NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION and the u.s. Department of Agriculture (USDA) efficient fish killing toxin a kind of freshwater algae called Euglena sanguinea produced can also be a cancer killing properties. Research team found that the toxin-euglenophycin – is similar to the naturally occurring chemical compound of Fire ant venom known to inhibit tumor development from the molecular structure.

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have shown that even small levels of cancer cell growth euglenophycin led to the production and consumption patterns by effective implementation can kill cancer cells toxins. preliminary studies have shown to the highly effective RENAL cancer, one of the most challenging of cancers at an early stage of work.

To find out why the fish kill occurred in 2002, researchers from NOAA, the USDA Agricultural Research Service and the Michigan State University to isolate and analyze the dissolved compounds, bacteria and algae in samples of dead fish had resided in pond water.

Paul Sandifer, Ph.d., NOAA Administrator officer senior science "is a huge potential for the discovery of a novel and effective new treatments of human disease, cancer, including different shows this preliminary work," said. "Who study of marine and freshwater organisms NOAA and its partners stand to make significant gains to human health and animal welfare. "

Researchers identify this freshwater algae responsible for the mysterious disease that was killing fish commercial aquaculture facility, North Carolina ponds in 2002 more than 21,000 striped bass died in July and August 2002, the value to a maximum of EUR 100000 for losses.

NOAA scientist refined algal active compounds and an associated fish kill euglenophycin, responsible for algal toxin molecular structure since 2002, has been set out in other contexts, what 11 euglenoid algae caused fish aquaculture ponds in die. these events, which have given rise to the striped bass and channel catfish, tilapia, losses have exceeded EUR 1,1 million.

Researchers continue to study the toxin may impair or prevent tumor formation patent protection. results of the investigation was published online July 15 Edition of Toxicon. Research test to see whether the toxin can also prevent the formation of tumours.