Salinispora cultures in the Moore Lab at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography. (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Salinispora cultures in the Moore Lab at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

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Salinispora cultures in the Moore Lab at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography. These bacterial cultures produce salinosporamide A, a potent anticancer currently in phase III clinical trials to treat glioblastoma.

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Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego

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