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'Scientists have destroyed cancerous tumors using a drug developed from the seeds of a berry found in the Australian rainforest.
The berry, the fruit of a tree called Fontain's blushwood (Fontainea picrosperma), is found only in select locations in the rainforests that border the northeastern coast of Queensland. A company called Qbiotics isolated a compound from the seeds called EBC-46, which, when injected directly into melanoma models and other cancers in animals, eliminated most of the tumors.
While human trials have not yet begun, successful results could position the drug as an alternative to chemotherapy, an appealing prospect for patients who are too weak for traditional chemo drugs, such as the elderly.'
'Scientists have destroyed cancerous tumors using a drug developed from the seeds of a berry found in the Australian rainforest.
The berry, the fruit of a tree called Fontain's blushwood (Fontainea picrosperma), is found only in select locations in the rainforests that border the northeastern coast of Queensland. A company called Qbiotics isolated a compound from the seeds called EBC-46, which, when injected directly into melanoma models and other cancers in animals, eliminated most of the tumors.
While human trials have not yet begun, successful results could position the drug as an alternative to chemotherapy, an appealing prospect for patients who are too weak for traditional chemo drugs, such as the elderly.'
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