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Coral reefs: Underwater pharmacies (video)
bbc.com | 21 Mar 2013
Since many of the creatures on the reef are stationary, many have evolved chemical defences to protect themselves from predators. These potent weapons may also hold the key to new medicines to treat everything from cancer and Alzheimers disease to viruses and arthritis.

Bioprospecting | Coral

Sea bed to be mined for antibiotics
BBC | 15 Feb 2013
Scientists are to hunt for new antibiotics at the bottom of the ocean in an £8m project led by experts at Aberdeen University.

Pacific Ocean | Bioprospecting | Research

Sea urchin 'trick' captures CO2
BBC World Service | 05 Feb 2013
The natural ability of sea urchins to absorb CO2 could be a model for an effective carbon capture and storage system, researchers say.

Bioprospecting | Climate Change

Tomorrow's life-saving medications may currently be living at the bottom of the sea
EurekAlert | 29 Jan 2013
(Oregon Health & Science University) Two new research papers demonstrate how the next class of powerful medications may currently reside at the bottom of the ocean. In both cases, the researchers were focused on ocean-based mollusks - a category of animal that includes snails, clams and squid and their bacterial companions.

Bioprospecting | Research

Marine 'treasure trove' could bring revolution in medicine and industry
Guardian Unlimited | 10 Nov 2012
Scientists have pinpointed a new treasure trove in our oceans: micro-organisms that contain millions of previously unknown genes and thousands of new families of proteins. These tiny marine wonders offer a chance to exploit a vast pool of material that could be used to create innovative medicines, industrial solvents, chemical treatments and other processes, scientists say.

Bioprospecting | Research

Technical University of Denmark finds antimicrobial agents in marine bacteria
World Fishing | 25 Jul 2012
Marine bacteria that produce antimicrobial agents have been found as part of a PhD project at the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark.

Bioprospecting

Marine Microbes vs. Cystic Fibrosis
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 09 Mar 2012
WHOI microbiologist Tracy Mincer searches the ocean for specialized microbes that could one day help doctors combat the deadly disease cystic fibrosis.

Bioprospecting | Research

Deep blue sea
irishtimes.com | 16 Dec 2011
WHEN YOU look out at the ocean, what do you see? On a calm day the sea can seem uniform, almost drab. And from the vantage point of dry land, many of us just let our minds skim the surface, not imagining what could lie beneath. But what curious creatures, forces, foods and even medicines exist there, as yet undiscovered?

Biodiversity | Bioprospecting

WHOI teaming with Flatley Discovery Lab in search for effective treatments for cystic fibrosis
EurekAlert | 14 Oct 2011
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has signed a $1.18 million agreement with the Flatley Discovery Lab in Charlestown, Mass., to investigate and supply marine microbial extracts as possible treatments for cystic fibrosis.

Bioprospecting | Research

Sunscreen pill could be available within five years, scientists say
Guardian Unlimited | 31 Aug 2011
A secret from the sea could lead to a pill that prevents sunburn within five years, say scientists.British researchers have uncovered the unique way coral shields itself against harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays.They believe the discovery could pave the way for a sunscreen revolution with a tablet that protects both skin and eyes.

Bioprospecting | Coral

Wild world: Millions of unseen species fill Earth (+ photos)
New Zealand Herald | 24 Aug 2011
Our world is a much wilder place than it looks. A new study estimates that Earth has almost 8.8 million species, but we've only discovered about a quarter of them.

Biodiversity | Bioprospecting

Atlantic cod survive without 'vital' immune genes, say scientists
Guardian Unlimited | 10 Aug 2011
Atlantic cod have evolved to survive without a set of genes that scientists thought were essential to the immune system, according to an analysis of the fish's genome. Researchers hope the finding will lead to better vaccines for farmed cod - protecting declining fish stocks – and may even open new avenues of medical research for human disease.

Atlantic Ocean | Aquaculture | Bioprospecting | Fish

Genome of marine organism reveals hidden secrets; New methods to identify promising species in the w...
ScienceDaily.com | 10 May 2011
An international team of researchers has deciphered the genome of a tropical marine organism known to produce substances potentially useful against human diseases.

Bioprospecting

Seaweed may provide new drugs to fight the malaria parasite
Guardian Unlimited | 21 Feb 2011
A type of tropical seaweed may hold the key to producing the next generation of treatments for malaria, say scientists. The seaweed contains a compound that it uses to fight off fungal infections, but it has now shown promise against malaria as well.

Bioprospecting

Health News - New Drugs from the Venoms of Marine Snails
healthcanal.com | 17 Feb 2011
Baldomero Olivera studies chemical compounds found in the venoms of marine cone snails, a potential source of powerful, yet safe and effective drugs. He will discuss the development of Prialt - an FDA-approved drug for intractable, chronic pain - and the potential for new drugs during a free public lecture at the University of Utah.

Bioprospecting

Sea urchin could lead to knives that never need sharpening
Telegraph | 25 Dec 2010
A sea urchin with teeth that can eat through stone could one day lead to knives which never need sharpening.

Bioprospecting

Marine biotech industry could grow by 12% per year in Europe
ScienceDaily.com | 13 Dec 2010
Innovation inspired by sea life is essential to tackling Europe's grand challenges according to a new report. Marine biotech currently represents a 2.8 billion euro market globally, with potential to grow up to 12% annually if industry and academics work together.

Bioprospecting

Shedding light on the cinderellas of the deep sea
environmental-expert.com | 24 Aug 2010
Ocean sponges from shallower waters have already been shown to be valuable sources for new medicinal drugs to treat cancers and for antibiotics, and it is expected that deepwater sponges will be equally valuable, if not more so.

Bioprospecting | Deep Sea | Research

1.6 Million Centre to Develop New Drugs from our Seas
labmate-online.com | 23 Aug 2010
A new £1.6 million centre, which will harness the potential of natural resources from the depths of the worlds oceans to treat diseases such as cancer, officially opened its doors on June 15th to nearly one hundred academics and representatives from the pharmaceutical industry, from countries including the USA, Norway and Spain, for the Marine Biodiscovery Research and Applications symposium

Bioprospecting | Research

Researchers find sea sponges share 70pc human genes
ABC (Australia) Online | 05 Aug 2010
A Queensland scientist has discovered sea sponges share almost 70 per cent of genes with humans.

Biodiversity | Bioprospecting

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