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Undersea probe may help produce new medicines: scientists

Chinese scientists said Tuesday China's ongoing undersea probe of a sulfide deposit could help produce new medicines by studying the submarine hydrothermal organisms. China's home-made underwater robot "Hailong 2" grasped 7 kilograms of sulfide in a... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Tue, Nov 03 2009

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