Biodiscovery and the Great Barrier Reef

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Channel: Queensland Museum · 2009 · Science & Technology

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Biodiscovery is the quest for bioactive chemicals from living organisms. Dr. John Hooper talks about some amazing sponges that produce valuable bio-chemicals with the potential to treat several medical conditions and how human activities and climate change are having an impact on the Great Barrier Reef.

This short film is part of an online educational resource for Middle and Secondary school students, available at http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/microsites/biodiscovery/index.html

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