MARINE ANIMALS IN HUMAN MEDICINE: WILL A SPONGE SAVE YOUR LIFE?

http://www.oceanhealthindex.org/news/Marine_Animals_Human_Medicine

There are many good reasons to improve ocean health, but one of the most compelling is to make people healthier too.

Beyond providing nutritious seafood and food supplements, marketable products, climate control, employment, recreation and aesthetic enjoyment, marine life has long been used to treat human ailments.  

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