Exploring Marine-Inspired Drugs for New Therapies against Resistant and Metastatic Cancers

Dear Colleagues,

Resistant cancer poses a significant challenge in modern oncology, limiting the effectiveness of traditional therapies and reducing patient survival rates. In the quest for novel treatment strategies, the remarkable biodiversity of marine ecosystems offers a vast and largely untapped resource. Marine organisms have developed unique defense mechanisms to survive in extreme conditions, often relying on complex bioactive compounds. These compounds have shown promise in overcoming cancer resistance, making marine-inspired drugs a compelling area of research. Through their diverse chemical structures and mechanisms of action, marine-inspired drugs have demonstrated the ability to target drug-resistant cancer cells and disrupt key signaling pathways involved in treatment resistance. By harnessing the power of the ocean's natural pharmacy, innovative therapies could be developed, overcoming resistance and providing new avenues of hope for patients facing resistant cancers.

As Guest Editors for this Special Issue, entitled “Exploring Marine-Inspired Drugs for New Therapies against Resistant and Metastatic Cancers”, we are pleased to invite all academic and industry researchers working in this field to submit reviews or original articles highlighting the biological activities of known, novel, or marine-derived compounds with potential tumor-suppression effects on highly aggressive and resistant cancer cells.

Dr. Daniela Carbone
Dr. Camilla Pecoraro
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Marine Drugs is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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