How Sea Sponges Are Helping Us Cure Cancer

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Lucy explores how one of the planet's simplest animals could be the key to saving us all from cancer (and more)

For more info read these articles:
https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/inver...
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...

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Intro 00:00
From Plant to Pill 00:40
Sponges 02:22
Sea Squirts and Snails 07:50
Zoopharmacognosy 09:54
The Future of Sponges 11:55

Sources:
Animals self medicating https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Dolphin skin care https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltex...
Chitin scaffold https://link.springer.com/article/10....
Antibiotic resistance https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Natural Products https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Sponge lifespan https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
Drug discovery https://www.nature.com/articles/s4157...
Biopiracy https://theconversation.com/biopiracy...
Cone snail venom https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Cytarabine https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO....
Remdesivir https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056...
Tempura anemones https://bioone.org/journals/zoologica...
Sponge filtration https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...