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Marine Microbes and the Search for New Medicines Early in the morning on a tropical reef, the ocean floor is full of life. Corals form hard, stony structures, and algae grow with thick, tough bodies. But among them are organisms that appear almost defenseless, thin filaments rising from the seafloor and waving in the currents. These delicate strands are marine cyanobacteria. They look fragile compared with the other life forms on the reef. As marine natural products, Distin

When Tammy Stewart found out she had Huntington’s disease, it changed the way she viewed the rest of her life. Following the diagnosis, she became a self-procclaimed “Negative Nancy”, and struggled with the harsh reality of her future with Huntington’s. In a 2019 interview with STAT, she explains how it is difficult to feel hopeful when faced with what she calls a “monster disease” and likens to having Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and amyotrophic lateral scleros