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Purdue University

Mingji Dai

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Mingji Dai, professor of chemistry and a scientist at the Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, studied the compound found naturally in the roots of a shrub and discovered a cost-effective and efficient way to synthesize it in the lab. The compound -- curcusone D -- has the potential to help combat a protein found in many cancers, including some forms of breast, brain, colorectal, prostate, lung and liver cancers, among others.

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Purdue University photo/Charles Jischke

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