The University of Alicante Applied Biochemistry research group—in collaboration with researchers from the Alicante University Hospital Dr. Balmis (HGUDB) and the Alicante Health and Biomedical Research Institute (ISABIAL)—has identified the anti-cancer capacity of a pigment present in the Santa Pola salt flats. This pigment is produced by certain microorganisms, the “halophilic archaea,” in order to protect themselves from the sun, and its anti-tumor capacity has been tested in several types of breast cancer.
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Source: Phys.org