San Diego scientists are working alongside the Amerindians to seal the genetic depths of medicinal plants in the name of potentially marketing them as medicines.
Researchers from the famous Salk Institute for Biological Studies work widely in the nursery of medicinal plants in the San Diego botanical garden, growing and studying indigenous California plants traditionally used to treat any disease under the sun.
Those who know something about American medical history know that Dr. Jonas Salk has developed the polio vaccine. He looked at his name and reputation at an institute, which today contains the work of development of advanced drugs and revolutionary discoveries in the field of aging and the biology of plants.
However, in this case, sophisticated salk laboratories are trained on rudimentary pharmaceutical development strategies, namely those concerning medicinal herbs.
“We have co-evolved with all these medicinal plants,” said the biologist of the Salk Institute, Dr. Todd Michael. “I mean, they probably make these things to protect themselves, but also perhaps because they make their counterparts of mammals happy.”
Some specimens on which Dr. Michael and his colleague Dr Ben Neiman concentrate include Epiedra, who has history of use to treat syphilis, weight loss, allergies, asthma and headache; Artemisia, used to treat malaria; And Yerba Santa, whom Salk biologists are investigating for its potential base in a neurological drug for Alzheimer’s disease.
In the case of the last two, the Amerindians have traditionally used them as drugs, and they collaborate with Salk to study them for the depth of their medicinal properties.
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KFMB, CBS 8 San Diego reports that the work carried out by Salk attracts national attention, nurseries and institutes of the country sending cuttings, seeds and plants to continue their efforts.
Dr. Neiman says that the objective of translating the work in clinical trials and commercial pharmaceutical products is a “circular ecosystem” in economic terms, because the more it can be developed of drugs, the more tribal countries in and around the county of San Diego, and the natural landscape where these plants thrive, can be rewarded and protected.
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