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Lipids That Kill Phytoplankton May Yield Cancer Clues
November 11, 2009 | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

A certain type of lipid kills the Emiliania huxleyi phytoplankton by causing its cells to self-destruct. A problem with cancer cells is that they do not self-destruct like normal cells. Studying this lipid could therefore be valuable to a number of scientific fields.

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