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Video: How dragon blood could save your life

by American Chemical Society

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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 , a sponge armed with resistance to or a 400-million-year-old medical workhorse just might save your life someday.

Check out the latest Reactions video to find out how:

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