Translating nature's library yields drug leads for aids, cancer, Alzheimer's disease

... for development of potentially transformative medicines for cancer, Alzheimer's disease and the eradication of HIV/AIDS," Wender said. "However, its limited supply from natural sources has slowed research, and as with prostratin, it was not evolved ...

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