Coral Reefs
Components Of Coral Reef
Importance Of Coral Reef
Medicine From Coral Reef
Medicines derived from Coral Reef
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In 2004, Boston native, Arden O’Connor, was diagnosed with leukemia, a form of cancer, and was subsequently told she likely had less than a year to live. When she was interviewed in 2012 about being cancer-free eight years after her initial diagnosis, she attributed everything to Ara-C (Figure 1), a chemotherapy medication derived from sponges common to coral reefs.¹ For many others with leukemia, Ara-C has proven to be a widely effective treatment when other treatment plans have been exhausted.
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