Using Coral To Treat Cancer?

Coral reefs are becoming more and more important, and not just because they look pretty or are home to hundreds of different species. Coral reef plants and animals are now considered to be important sources for new medicines that are being used to treat things like cancer, arthritis, human bacterial infections, Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, and viruses, along with a variety of other dieseases. In fact, coral reefs are now sometimes referred to as the medicine cabinets of the 21st century. Research is being conducted to understand the chemical defences that the stationary animals and plants of coral reefs developed to protect themselves from predators, and how we can use them for multiple purposes, like treating cancer.