New treatments for illnesses could be lying under the sea
Marine genetic resources in the open ocean could be the basis of medicines we need and don't yet have.
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Marine genetic resources in the open ocean could be the basis of medicines we need and don't yet have.
Some send divers in speed boats, others dispatch submersible robots to search the seafloor, and one team deploys a "mud missile" -- all tools used by scientists to scour the world's oceans for the next potent cancer treatment or antibiotic. A medicinal molecule could be found in microbes scooped up…
Some send divers in speed boats, others dispatch submersible robots to search the seafloor, and one team deploys a "mud missile" -- all tools used by scientists to scour the world's oceans for the next…
Developing a compound into a drug typically takes a decade or more, and costs hundreds of millions of dollars
Some send divers in speed boats, others dispatch submersible robots to search the seafloor, and one team deploys a "mud missile" -- all tools used by