How climate change threatens medicinal discovery | Jeffrey Mah | TEDxYouth@GrandviewHeights

From traditional to modern medicine, botanicals play a large role in how we prevent and treat diseases and illnesses. Jeffrey hopes to raise awareness of the relationship between nature and medicine, and to encourage actions to preserve biodiversity for the survival of both the environment and humankind. Jeffrey Mah is a doctoral candidate at Institute of Child Health at University College London and the founder of Otak Natural Skincare. His doctoral research focuses on molecular biology and organic chemistry for drug discovery. His current research project involves extracting SFTI-1 from sunflowers and developing therapeutic intervention for eczema. Jeffrey obtained his bachelor’s degree in pharmaceutical studies, where he conducted research in ethnopharmacology to analyze the relationship between species biodiversity and medicinal development. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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