【CHINA DAILY】Lab turns seaweed into potential cancer treatment
For generations, families along the coast of Chile have boiled a seaweed known as cochayuyo into soups and stews. Half a world away, in a laboratory in Qingdao, East Chinas Shandong province, scientists are turning the same seaweed into a potential cancer treatment. Chinese researchers saw in the traditional South American food ingredient more than just nutrition. They identified unusually high concentrations of a specific beta-glucan — a natural compound believed to have strong immune modulati
2026-05-27