美国海洋辅助金规划署马萨诸塞工艺研究所的研究表明,鲨鱼软骨有抗癌的作用.据该研究所罗伯特·兰格教授声称,经过多年的研究,很快就会发现鲨鱼软骨中有防止肿瘤生长的物质.基于过去的发现,肿瘤是靠血管提供氧和营养物来维持,而软骨似乎有抑制新的血管的生长.兰格教授决定在软骨中探索能分离出阻止新的血管生长的物质. Research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the U.S. Marine Assisted-grants Agency shows that shark cartilage has an anticancer effect, and according to the institute, Professor Robert Lange claims that many years of research will soon result in the prevention of tumor growth in shark cartilage Based on past findings that tumors rely on blood vessels to provide oxygen and nutrients to maintain that cartilage appears to inhibit the growth of new blood vessels.Lange decided to explore in cartilage to separate substances that prevent new blood vessels from growing.