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(30,151 posts) Mon Jul 7, 2014, 11:41 PM Jul 2014

The Sloths That Could Cure Cancer

The Sloths That Could Cure Cancer: Bio-Prospecting in Panama


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VICE News host Thomas Morton swings from the trees with an international team of scientists in Panama that's found a promising treatment for malaria, Chagas disease and breast cancer in the most unlikely place: The mossy fur of tree sloths. It's yet another reason to not cut down rainforests. About half of all drugs brought to market from 1997-2006 came from plants, fungi and bacteria discovered by "bio-prospectors" in nature. And we see that sloths are just one of many new and unusual frontiers for this research.
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The Sloths That Could Cure Cancer (Original Post) snooper2 Jul 2014 OP
sloth power! flamingdem Jul 2014 #1
They always look very high on something good, at least to me. nt Mnemosyne Jul 2014 #2
can't believe you can just pull a branch down and grab one snooper2 Jul 2014 #4
Some days I really understand such slothfulness, being a lazy bastard is hard work. nt Mnemosyne Jul 2014 #5
Great video. Thanks for posting. nt SunSeeker Jul 2014 #3
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