Compound present in octopus ink kills most cancers cells however not others

A compound discovered inside octopus ink has been created artificially within the lab and used to kill most cancers cells. The event may finally result in new most cancers remedies.

Martín Samuel Hernández-Zazueta on the College of Sonora in Mexico and his colleagues had beforehand recognized a compound known as ozopromide (OPC) that’s discovered within the ink sac of widespread octopuses (Octopus vulgaris) as one in every of curiosity for its anti-cancer properties.

The researchers used a sequence of ordinary chemical reactions that allowed …