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Utah researchers discover how to produce cancer-fighting compound without harvesting the coral that creates it

Researchers could soon produce nature-made therapeutics in unprecedented quantities without the need to harvest coral.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Researcher Paul Scesa holds a small coral sample attached to a rock in a small aquarium tank at the University of Utah. He and other researchers have found a way to produce a potential anti-cancer compound found in coral.