KNTV NBC Nightly News April 20, 2012 00:58:00
Did you ever imagine what could make you better would come from the sea? >> not at all. i spent most of my life swimming in the ocean, but i didn't assume it would have anything to do with my cancer. >> without the reef and doing that conservation, we have no starting point. >> dr. edwards developed new drugs at esan, a lab that developments halavan, a drug that was recently approved for late-stage breast cancer. a japanese scientist discovered it in a pacific ocean sea sponge. >> in order to make this drug by synthesis, we would require over 60 steps. the typical drug is about ten steps or le...