Medical Cures From The Ocean

Medicines from the Sea | Ocean Today

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NOAA scientists have also extracted chemicals from corals and sponges that fight some of the worst infectious bacteria. In order to make these new antibiotics, scientists make copies of these chemicals in a laboratory. This way they won’t have to constantly harvest corals …

Do medicines come from the sea? : Ocean Exploration …

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Some chemicals produced by marine animals that may be useful in treating human diseases include: Ecteinascidin: Extracted from tunicates; being tested in humans for treatment of …

Medicine from the Sea | Science| Smithsonian Magazine

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Gerwick has isolated a substance he christened kalkitoxin, from an algae collected off the Caribbean island of Curaçao; he says it has potential as a treatment for …

What does the ocean have to do with human health?

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Drugs from the ocean: The next medical …

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Similarly, a study found that eurysterols A and B, two chemicals from a sponge of the genus …

What does coral have to do with medicine?

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Coral reefs are sometimes considered the medicine cabinets of the 21st century. Coral reef plants and animals are important sources of new medicines being …

From Sea Sponge to HIV Medicine

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It was first studied for medical purposes in the 1950s when few scientists or doctors thought to look for medicines in the ocean. But in the sponge, scientists isolated two …

Compound isolated from sea sponge fights …

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/compound-isolated-from-sea-sponge-fights-cancer-cells

Scientists believe novel chemicals with the potential to cure human illness may be found in the ocean. Researchers chemically synthesized a compound that had …

The Medical Relevance of Oceanic Exploration

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According to an ocean commission report, chemical and biological materials from marine organisms are either currently in use or are being developed to fight HIV, …

NOAA Ocean Explorer: Deep Sea Medicines 2003: The …

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Marine Targets for Biomedical Research. Over the past quarter-century, more than 10,000 compounds have been reported from marine-derived organisms. These compounds …