New cure for cancer - the "mermaid hair"

Chemical compound with strong anti-cancer properties were known by U.S. scientists of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) are identified as "mermaid hair." Possible cure for cancer has been found on the coast of Fiji in the Pacific Ocean. By the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science Scientists at the University of California at San Diego studied the properties of cyanobacteria species Lyngbya majuscula experiments on zebra fish and cell cultures. They found that the lipopeptide called somotsistinamid A prevents the formation of blood vessels that feed tumors, and blocks the process of dividing tumor cells. According leader Dwayne Stupak (Dwayne G. Stupack), anti-tumor activity of a substance to a greater extent due to the fact that it starts to investigate the process of apoptosis - programmed cell death. Moreover, the therapeutic dose of a substance required to kill cancer cells is very low, he said. "Somotsistinamid And - this is the first, the most promising compound, which we were able to identify," - said Stupak, noting further that the scientists to study the properties of the remaining 250 unique components of cyanobacteria.