Why scientists are heading underwater to search for a new generation of cures.
University of Florida medicinal chemist Hendrik Luesch studying marine cyanobacteria for leads.
Archive for 2010
Could This Cure Cancer? (Newsweek, 11/21/2010)
Tuesday, December 28th, 20102011 Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany
Monday, December 20th, 2010The Anne S. Chatham Fellowship (William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden) provides a grant of $4,000 annually to promote the study of medicinal botany. [click on the link to access the flyer]
Dr. Alice Clark named 2010 Marcy Speer Outstanding CSR Reviewer
Thursday, December 9th, 2010Dr. Alice Clark, University of Mississippi, (1994-1995 ASP President) was named the recipient of the 2010 Marcy Speer Outstanding CSR Reviewer Award, the highest honor for a reviewer at the Center for Scientific Review (NIH). Read the press release at http://www.nih.gov/news/health/dec2010/csr-08.htm.
7th European Conference on Marine Natural Products
Saturday, December 4th, 201014-18 August 2011, Stromstad, Sweden, Invitation letter and meeting brochure (click title above)
Halichondrin B analog receives FDA approval for refractory breast cancer
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010Eribulin mesylate, a synthetic analog of halichondrin B, received approval for treatment of metastatic breast cancer that has failed two previous rounds of therapy. (more)
