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ON CHILE’S EASTER ISLAND: FUNGUS PROVIDES A POSSIBLE CANCER DRUG
SOURCE: LA NACIÓN
SOURCE: LA NACIÓN
May 16, 2006
The drug was first discovered in 1975 as a product of the bacterium “Streptomyces hygroscopicus” in a soil sample from Easter Island, the small triangular island located about 3,760 kilometers off the Chilean coast in the South Pacific Ocean. The fungus was discovered to have antibiotic properties and was originally developed as an antifungal agent.
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The drug was first discovered in 1975 as a product of the bacterium “Streptomyces hygroscopicus” in a soil sample from Easter Island, the small triangular island located about 3,760 kilometers off the Chilean coast in the South Pacific Ocean. The fungus was discovered to have antibiotic properties and was originally developed as an antifungal agent.
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