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New Cancer-Killing Compound from Salad Plant Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> Cancer Research   
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Researchers at the University of Washington have updated a traditional Chinese medicine to create a compound that is more than 1,200 times more specific in killing certain kinds of cancer cells than currently available drugs, heralding the possibility of a more effective chemotherapy drug with minimal side effects. The new compound puts a novel twist on the common anti-malarial drug artemisinin, which is derived from the sweet wormwood plant (Artemisia annua L). (source: uwnews.org)
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