<em>Ectenascidia turbinata</em>, a Marine Macroorganism (IMAGE)

Pharmamar

<em>Ectenascidia turbinata</em>, a Marine Macroorganism

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The anticancer drug trabectedin was originally found from an ascidian found in the Caribbean Sea. PharmaMar now produces trabectedin through chemical semisynthesis in its laboratories.

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