Off the coast of Alabama, in the Gulf of Mexico, lies a relic from our planet's past. Submerged under 60 feet of water is an ancient cypress forest, about 60,000 years old, preserved in place — the trees still rooted in the dirt from millennia ago.
Scientists are researching the use of tiny freeze-dried pellets, containing the necessary molecules, to make life-saving medicines. Such pellets could be reconstituted with a drop of water.
Washington -
In a move that will please shareholders of pharmaceutical medications but disappoint those hoping for lower cost drugs to come to market quicker, the exclusivity rights of U.S. pharmaceutical companies have been extended.
Huddersfield -
The onset of Alzheimer's can be slowed and some symptoms reduced by a natural compound found in pomegranate fruit. Those are the preliminary findings of a two year study undertaken by researchers at the University of Huddersfield in the UK.
