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- noun organic chemistry Any of a family of
macrocyclic polyethers initially isolated fromsponges of the genus Halichondria
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Finally they completed the synthesis of halichondrin B in 1992, galvanizing Eisai to start the 18-year quest that resulted in a simpler analog of the chemical being approved as a breast-cancer drug.
Kanagawa Sponge Leads to Breast-Cancer Drug - Japan Real Time - WSJ 2011
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He told us he decided to replicate the cancer-fighting molecule halichondrin B in the lab because he thought it would be a showpiece for NHK - which in chemistry refers not to the
Kanagawa Sponge Leads to Breast-Cancer Drug - Japan Real Time - WSJ 2011
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