Sea sponges appeared more than 600 million years ago, and many of the genes they have are the same as those involved in cancer. Scientists have developed a new ‘tool sled’ to collect these sponges to take advantage of the similarity in human and sponge genomes to develop medicines for the treatment of human diseases.
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Scientists use new ‘tool sled’ to collect sea sponges that have potential to combat various diseases
3 junio 2015
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