UNDERSEA MEDICINES
August 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLMYSTERIOUS species in deep previously unexplored ocean beds, which could provide vital pharmaceutical ingredients, might be endangered by researchers prospecting for samples, the United Nations University is warning. A study has called for international rules on this work so high-tech submarines do not damage sensitive and barely understood eco-systems. Pharmaceutical companies are increasingly interested in worms, bacteria, clams and other species inhabiting ocean depths exceeding 4,000 metres, in trenches, seamounts and abyssal plains. Their ...
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