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Alternative Title:Medicines from the sea;Ocean Today;
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Description:The video is part of the Ocean Today educational video collection (sub-collection: Research). It is with open captions and can be viewed in regular (640 x 36) or high resolution (1280 x 720). Video's transcript: "NARRATOR: When you've got a bacterial infection like pink eye or strep throat, your doctor will usually write a prescription for antibiotics to make you feel better. But have you ever wondered where these medicines come from? Most drugs come from flowers and plants on land, but finding new sources is difficult. And some bacteria have become resistant to a few of these drugs -- so much in fact that these drugs don't work any more. The ocean -- with its amazing biodiversity -- offers many more organisms for scientists to discover and develop new medicines. NOAA scientists have been collecting and studying sponges, corals, and other marine organisms. They and their partners discovered a chemical that breaks down the shield that bacteria use to protect themselves from antibiotics. Used as a helper drug, antibiotics that are no longer effective would once again be able to fight off these resistant bacteria. NOAA scientists have also extracted chemicals from corals and sponges that fight some of the worst infectious bacteria. In order to make these new antibiotics, scientists make copies of these chemicals in a laboratory. This way they won't have to constantly harvest corals from the ocean, leaving our marine ecosystems healthy and intact. The ocean may hold the key for finding new medicines, but not if we don't keep it -- and everything that lives there -- healthy and pollution free. Do your part to protect coral reefs. Do not buy coral jewelry or home decor. And when snorkeling, fishing, or scuba diving, be careful to not touch or disrupt coral beds or the sea floor. The next cure could be hidden there."
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Content Notes:Video content provided by: NOAA Oceans and Human Health Initiative ; NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science ; The Coral Disease and Health Consortium ; North Carolina State University ; Too Precious to Wear ; Andrew3000, Marine Photobank ; Wolcott Henry, Marine Photobank ; Patty Debenham, SeaWeb.
Title from online resource (viewed on April 12, 2017); Latest revision on October 22, 2014.
"Ocean Today has been brought to you by the Smithsonian Institution in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration"--Video screen.
System requirements: video player (i.e., QuickTime, Windows Media Player, or VLC media player).
In English and Spanish.
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