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Adriamycin
In the 1950s, researchers at the Italian pharmaceutical company Farmitalia began systematically screening soil microbes for compounds with anticancer activity.
A soil sample collected near the medieval castle of Castel del Monte yielded a bacterium called Streptomyces peucetius, which produced a red pigment and showed strong activity against tumors in mice.
Adriamycin, inspired by the nearby Adriatic Sea. Later, the official generic name became doxorubicin.
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Doxorubicin is nicknamed Red Devil
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