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In an unlikely collaboration with Amazonian shamans, medical researchers seek a cure for autoimmune disease. 
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"Western medicine is the most sophisticated system of healing ever devised, but it's still got a lot of holes in it."
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A pilot study with the shamanic brew hints at its therapeutic potential
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Alberto Villoldo, psychologist, anthropologist and bestselling author, has studied the shamanic healing practices of the Amazon for over 25 years. In...
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"Western medicine is the most sophisticated system of healing ever devised, but it's still got a lot of holes in it."
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2015 Student Field Reporter Project: We’ve enlisted the help of several students to share their 2015 Amazon experiences with us. Over the coming months we will regularly feature their posts, photo...
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This is the latest post from our student field reporter who is currently in the Amazon with the Gunston School. She's doing an amazing job of storytelling.
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“We’re really going to try to highlight awareness and understanding of the conservation of the Amazon rainforest for the purpose of making sure that we have good access to medicinal plants over time,” said Bruck. “As the forest ecosystems are degraded and eventually lost through poor agricultural practices, we lose an opportunity to study species and the way indigenous tribes use medicinal plants. The students were really interested in a ‘forest to pharmacy’ concept.”
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Great example of how the Amazon can be used as a focal point for interdisciplinary learning! If you are in the Philly area go check it out!
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A Cambridge University academic came across the red and yellow budded plant more than 30 years ago when living with a secretive Peruvian tribe. Using extracts from the plant, the researchers have developed a gel which blocks the pain receptors found in nerve endings – and could be on the market in only two years’ time. In early trials, it helped relieve pain during removal of teeth that were impacted, or stuck below the gum line. Via Sepp Hasslberger
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The rainforest just keeps on giving. We need to start giving back!
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