'Super seaweed' on the way for health and medicine? Israeli scientists say we can 'learn from nature'
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A study published in the science journal Marine Drugs explains how Israeli researchers are creating a "super seaweed" of increased health and medicinal value, they say.
Scientists from Tel Aviv University and the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute managed to double the seaweed's antioxidants, triple the amount of natural sunscreen and boost unique protective pigments of great medical value ten-fold. The researchers are eyeing anti-cancer, anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory, antiviral and antibiotic substances. The team found a way to "replicate the results minus the stressors." Maureen Mackey is managing editor of lifestyle for Fox News Digital.
The advanced technology even promotes an environmentally friendly approach of "sustainable integrated aquaculture" in which the seaweed purifies the water and maintains the ecological balance, said SWNS.