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- n. organic chemistry Any of a family of macrocyclic polyethers initially isolated from sponges 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
“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
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