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Medicines from the Sea

January 2011

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A scientists examines a sponge specimen collected in the Caribbean.

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Searching for Cancer Drugs in the Ocean

August 2011

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Many medicines were based on a chemical from the sea sponge Tectitethya crypta.

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Five Questions for Shirley Pomponi, Medical Sponge Hunter

October 2012

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