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The Deep Sea’s Medicinal Secrets | Sam Afoullouss | TED

Under the sea, untold wonders await in the form of untapped medicinal potential. Chemist Sam Afoullouss dives into the science behind natural remedies, explaining why the ocean’s great (and still largely unexplored) biodiversity is ideal for deriving and inspiring future treatments — if we protect its waters and the marine life within them. If you…

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Under the sea, untold wonders await in the form of untapped medicinal potential. Chemist Sam Afoullouss dives into the science behind natural remedies, explaining why the ocean’s great (and still largely unexplored) biodiversity is ideal for deriving and inspiring future treatments — if we protect its waters and the marine life within them.

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38 Comments

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    April 11, 2022 at 4:59 pm

    Well spoken! I feel more educated on deep sea coral reefs than before. I didn’t even know coral reefs were that deep

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    April 11, 2022 at 5:27 pm

    I thought the video was titled, “the deep states medical secrets” ???????? I guess people aren’t ready for that video yet

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    April 11, 2022 at 6:16 pm

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    April 11, 2022 at 6:30 pm

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  16. Brianna Cooper

    April 11, 2022 at 7:30 pm

    Very well done. What amazing research. Thank you Mr.Afoullouss for you perspective and insight.

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    April 11, 2022 at 7:54 pm

    Thank You for this wisdom of thoughts I’ve hoped was there to help you came.

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    April 11, 2022 at 9:57 pm

    but don’t wreck ecosystems

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    April 11, 2022 at 10:26 pm

    Watching this right after my teaspoon of local honey!!! It’s pollen season.

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    April 12, 2022 at 3:52 am

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  29. ElNo's World

    April 13, 2022 at 8:34 pm

    Leave it up to science to find ways around doing the right thing

    First of all you don’t have to rob someone else of their life and you don’t have to go into places were humans are not intended to be without causing harm or being fatal

    What you need to do is stop the madness on the earth itself instead of diving deep into the sea for some quest to find answers to problems that we have created and participated in not only that but we have funded it and we do not stop the scientist that have poison the air the food the water and the land we do not eat real food we do not eat clean food we don’t even eat properly for our species that’s the problem… We are the problem which means we are the solution we don’t have to go to the depths of the sea to find some new patentable way to make you people billionaires and get false hope when the hope is in changing your lifestyle but it’s not for the faint of heart because most people would much rather die as long as they are slathering poisons on their palate which taste good to them because they’ve acclimated to it

    I’m sorry but I’m not behind you on this matter nor am I in support of destroying the ecological system of the sea

    The best thing you people can do is stop stop what you’re doing right now stop destroying anymore of this beautiful planet with your crazy ideas and go back to the root of the problem and fix that

  30. Keshavi Anand

    April 16, 2022 at 2:46 pm

    Aww…. Very out standing explanation Mr. Sam . It’s really nice to hear about our underwater creatures and medicinal uses. Thanks for light up about this ❤️

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    April 16, 2022 at 7:39 pm

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