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October 24, 2011 Cover
Volume 89, Issue 43
COVER: Millimeter-sized bryozoans, called Bugula neritina, gather in colonies with a branching structure. The marine organisms are home to a bacterial symbiont thought to produce the bryostatin family of natural products.
Volume 89, Issue 43
With the promise of treating cancer, Alzheimer’s, and HIV this family of marine natural products continues to intrigue scientists more than four decades after its discovery
COVER: Millimeter-sized bryozoans, called Bugula neritina, gather in colonies with a branching structure. The marine organisms are home to a bacterial symbiont thought to produce the bryostatin family of natural products.
Credit: Lovell and Libby Langstroth © California Academy of Sciences
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October 24, 2011 Issue
Volume 89, Issue 43
October 24, 2011 Issue, Vol. 89 | Iss. 43
With the promise of treating cancer, Alzheimer’s, and HIV this family of marine natural products continues to intrigue scientists more than four decades after its discovery
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