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Develop Ecosystem Pharmacies

Create systems to discover, extract, and synthesize medicines from ecosystem interactions rather than individual species, focusing on chemical compounds produced by species interactions, symbioses, and ecological communities. Many important medicines come from ecological relationships rather than single organisms. This challenge involves understanding biochemical ecology, interaction chemistry, and developing methods to harness ecosystem-level pharmaceutical production. Applications include discovering new antibiotics, cancer treatments, and other medicines from previously unexplored ecological interactions.

Science, Biology, Ecology