Скачать или смотреть Melanoma could be treated with compound from octopus

An international study has found promising early evidence that a compound identified in the venom of an #australian #octopus may significantly slow #cancer growth and help fight drug resistance in patients with one of the most serious forms of #melanoma.

The findings suggest that the octopus compound or peptide, could potentially provide the foundation for a highly-targeted, less toxic treatment against BRAF-mutated melanoma, which accounts for about half of all melanoma cases.

The pre-clinical study was led by Dr Maria Ikonomopoulou, who started the project while at QIMRBerghofer with collaborators from The University of Queensland, James Cook University, the University of Sydney, University of Santiago de Compostela and the Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies in Food.