{"658399":{"#nid":"658399","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Dolphin Skincare: How These Sea Mammals Seem to Self-Medicate Their Skin","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDolphins may rub on specific corals and sponges to treat their skin, researchers reported\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cell.com\/iscience\/fulltext\/S2589-0042(22)00541-7\u0022\u003EThursday in the journal iScience\u003C\/a\u003E. These stationary sea creatures may serve as drive-by pharmacies, dispensing a chemical cocktail that could treat bacterial or fungal infections or support skin health. The scientists said that cetaceans have not been observed self-medicating before.\u0026nbsp;Some of these molecules may serve as immune boosters or sunscreens, said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/julia-kubanek\u0022\u003EJulia Kubanek\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;and vice president of Interdisciplinary Research, who\u0026nbsp;wasn\u0026rsquo;t part of the work. People have known about corals\u0026rsquo; and sponges\u0026rsquo; medicinal properties for around 50 years, Kubanek\u0026nbsp;said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;But dolphins may have known about how to use marine organisms as medicines much longer than we have,\u0026rdquo; she added.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2022-05-20 17:24:26","changed_gmt":"2022-05-20 17:24:26","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/app.meltwater.com\/newsletters\/analytics\/view\/56a9a7d66b27d55c8c3a587e\/newsletter\/5b5fa70d78fe9474f7742d64\/distribution\/6287bfd9f9ea9f00139dc895\/document\/0j6cMjLEOt4N0JhFXnX9A0RiIyQ","dateline":{"date":"2022-05-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-05-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"166928","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"},{"id":"4647","name":"Julia Kubanek"},{"id":"190656","name":"coral species"},{"id":"13126","name":"dolphins"},{"id":"190657","name":"skincare"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}