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Share this video with anyone and everyone   EBC-46 is an experimental drug candidate being studied pre-clinically by the Australian company Ecobiotics (specifically its drug discovery subsidiary Qbiotics). It was discovered through an automated screening process of natural products by selecting increasingly purified fractions of plant extracts, based on their ability to produce the desired activity profile. This is then followed by artificial synthesis of the isolated compound to confirm its chemical structure. EBC-46 is a phorbol ester which, along with other related compounds, acts as a protein kinase C regulator.   The initial lead came from observation that...

Researchers from QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute have made an exciting discovery for cancer patients everywhere. A chemical found in a rare plant from Australia has the ability to "eat" cancerous tumors and completely eradicate them within days. The tumor-eating chemical is found in the seeds of berries of the Blushwood plant. The chemical, which is being called EBC-46, takes three weeks to extract and the process is quite difficult. Experts are even saying that they still don't completely understand why the chemical is in the seed of the Blushwood berry in the first place. Farming Blushwood in large quantities...

AT least six Gold Coast pets have had their lives extended during clinical trials of a cancer drug discovered in a tropical Queensland rainforest. Nine-year-old staffy Baby is one of the miracle mutts treated with the drug EBC-46, which its developer QBiotics hopes to begin trialling on humans next year. Baby had an aggressive tumour on her face and would have lost both eyes if the cancer was surgically removed. But within a week of being injected with the drug, the tumour had almost completely disappeared. Dr Andrew Blum, of Greencross Vets Palm Beach, who undertook local trials, said it...