Corals in the medical field - cool stuff!

[Maddlesrain]

I stumbled across this and thought I’d share with you all. I love hearing about possible medical applications corals might have. Please feel free to share any other links you may have on the topic!
https://worldisraelnews.com/watch-israeli-startup-replaces-diseased-bone-with-coral/

 

[sfin52]

Thanks for sharing. That is very cool.

 

[Shon]

Not just coral, but bryozoans, sponges and algae also have medical benefits.

http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-news/five-questions-shirley-pomponi-medical-sponge-hunter

"there have probably been 20 or 30 thousand novel chemicals from marine organisms in general"

 

[Maddlesrain]

Not just coral, but bryozoans, sponges and algae also have medical benefits.

Great article; thank you for sharing!!
I should have titled the thread with something more general. (: All marine animals in medical studies are welcome!

 

[K. Steven]

Eribulin mesylate derived from a marine demosponge Halichondria okadai for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22517020

Complanine, a biochemical compound from the common fireworm Eurythoe complanata, to study signal transduction pathways:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2686394/

 

[Maddlesrain]

We often hear negative things about zoa and paly toxins... here’s something positive about them!
https://reefbuilders.com/2016/04/20/new-zoanthid-species-recruited-to-fight-cancer/

 

[cristata.reef]

OMG I love this thread hahaha. I've been making a powerpoint about this stuff for my club and I'm willing to share it with yalls since I probably won't be using it anymore. Not a lot of info but there's some cool stuff on there