Excerpt from American Association for Cancer Researchers "Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research", October, 2002: “Mining the World’s Oceans for Medicinals” presented by Chris M. Ireland, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. “…the oceans represent better than 95% of the biosphere. All but 2 of the 28 principal phyla in the animal kingdom are represented in aquatic environments…” “…conservative estimates are that there are over 1 million species represented in the world’s oceans.” Dr. Ireland reported on several substances that his group is looking at including several in Phase I or Phase II, even one in phase III trials. The names of these may not be spelled totally correctly but: Cryptophyein – Phase I trial Ecteinascidin 743 – Phase II Dolastatin 10 – Phase II Bryostatin 1 – Phase III Hemiaserlin – Phase I (not cytotoxic) Stylissa Massa, Leucetta chagosensis and namidine A. These products come mostly from ocean sponges and may inhibit signaling in the EGFR Pathway, causing cell arrest. Scripps Inst of Oceanography, 1/03 Remember we are NOT Doctors and have NO medical training. This site is like an Encylopedia - there are many pages, many links on many topics. Support our work with any size DONATION - see left side of any page - for how to donate. You can help raise awareness of CAM.