UN official: Biodiversity loss could hurts medical research
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 13:42
in Health & Medicine
The world risks losing new medical treatments for osteoporosis, cancer and other human ailments if it does not act quickly to conserve the planet's biodiversity, a senior United Nations environmental official said Wednesday.
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