In Canada, a study was done on the effects of bioactive peptides from a blue mussel waste on cancer cells and in most cases it presented anti-proliferative activity with all cells.
Í Kanada var framkvæmd rannsókn á áhrif lífvirkra peptíða úr kræklingshrati á krabbameinsfrumur. Í flestum tilfellum stöðvaðist fjölgun frumnanna.