2022.10.04

Healing Waters

Compounds that sea creatures make to defend themselves could yield lifesaving medicines

RESEARCHERS from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography wade through seagrass beds near San Diego ( opposite page ). The scientists collect microbes there for study and store them in ultracold freezers at their lab ( this page ). Photographs by Devin Oktar Yalkin

RESEARCHERS from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography wade through seagrass beds near San Diego ( opposite page ). The scientists collect microbes there for study and store them in ultracold freezers at their lab ( this page ). Photographs by Devin Oktar Yalkin

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