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Are life-saving medicines hiding in the world's coldest places? | Normand Voyer
TED Talks Science and Medicine
11 minutes 56 seconds
2 years ago
Are life-saving medicines hiding in the world's coldest places? | Normand Voyer
Could the next wonder drug be somewhere in Canada's snowy north? Take a trip to this beautiful, frigid landscape as chemist Normand Voyer explores the mysterious molecular treasures found in plants thriving in the cold. These scarcely investigated organisms could hold immense medical promise, he says – so long as we work quickly enough to discover them.