the new Antarctic pharmaceutical industry
Posted: Wed May 18, 2016 1:53 pm
Sponge trumps modern medicine.
Upon being removed from its natural habitat, the first specimen was reported to have grabbed a microphone from nowhere and dropped it on the research vessel's deck before doing a reverse double gainer dive into the sea and flipping off the crew.An extract from a sponge in Antarctica, synthesized by researchers, was shown in lab tests to break down biofilms formed by MRSA, killing 98 percent of cells after exposure to it...
Researchers at USF found the sponge during research trips to Antarctica to study the chemical ecology there, looking for invertebrates to use in a search for natural substances with a potential pharmaceutical use.