Krajick, Kevin,
Medicine from the Sea. Kevin Krajick. - Smithsonian, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 72, Science, 1522-3264; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Medicine from the Sea, May 2004; pp. 50+.
"[Fred] Rainey was not prospecting for oil. A microbiologist at Louisiana State University, he was on the trail of an unlikely quarry: slime. In particular, he sought algae, sponges, sea urchins, soft corals and other squishy, mostly immobile organisms that have attached to the oil platforms' undersides in tangled mats up to a foot and a half thick. Scientists believe that from such lowly marine creatures a number of medications may one day be derived." (SMITHSONIAN) This article discusses scientists' search for medicines derived from marine life.
1522-3264;
National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
Drugs--Research
Marine animals
Marine pharmacology
Marine plants
Microbiologists
Scientists
Slime
Sponges
AC1.S5
050
Medicine from the Sea. Kevin Krajick. - Smithsonian, 2004. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Article 72, Science, 1522-3264; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005. Originally Published: Medicine from the Sea, May 2004; pp. 50+.
"[Fred] Rainey was not prospecting for oil. A microbiologist at Louisiana State University, he was on the trail of an unlikely quarry: slime. In particular, he sought algae, sponges, sea urchins, soft corals and other squishy, mostly immobile organisms that have attached to the oil platforms' undersides in tangled mats up to a foot and a half thick. Scientists believe that from such lowly marine creatures a number of medications may one day be derived." (SMITHSONIAN) This article discusses scientists' search for medicines derived from marine life.
1522-3264;
National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
Drugs--Research
Marine animals
Marine pharmacology
Marine plants
Microbiologists
Scientists
Slime
Sponges
AC1.S5
050