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	Podcast:		RNZ: Our Changing World
	Episode:		Pacific Scientific: Samoa's scientists unlocking the power of plants
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:27:48
	Publish Date:		2024-11-27 16:00:00
	Description:		For centuries Samoa's traditional healers have harnessed the power of the country's native plants as remedies for village ailments. Now scientists at the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa are putting those plants under the microscope to unlock and understand how this traditional knowledge works. In this episode of Pacific Scientific from the ABC, tour the labs and lush gardens filled with plants that could hold the secret to battling diabetes, HIV, and cancer.
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