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How dragon blood could save your life (video)

Anatural immune defense in the blood of komodo dragons


WASHINGTON — Chemists have found potential drugs and other really useful compounds in some truly bizarre places in nature. For example, a natural immune defense in the blood of komodo dragons, a sponge armed with resistance to bacterial infection or a 400-million-year-old medical workhorse just might save your life someday.

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