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Medicines. >> interesting sponges that have produced novel chemicals that have activity against certain types of cancer like pancreatic cancer or colon or breast cancer. one sponge in particular that we're working on now is a glass sponge that's found in deep water. >> pomponi says this reef gets a clean bill of health for now, but it's still a rush to collect as many samples as possible for a baseline, incase oil reaches the reef in the near future. >> so you guys are like the crime scene investigators of the ocean. >> i guess so. the csi of the ocean. we're doing the before and the after. cs...