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Powerful Medicine: Abenaki Circle of Courage welcome Jim Bruchac and share stories and lessons |

SWANTON — “The drum is the heartbeat of Mother Earth,” said Abenaki leader Stacey Gould. “Her voice is sacred … It is powerful medicine.” Along with classmates and members of the Abenaki community there was another who entered the Abenaki Circle of Courage last Wednesday, carrying a traditional woven basket and plaster-casted animal prints from animals like the wolf, the …

Studying sharks’ immune systems could lead to powerful human medicines

And they might hold the key to better treatments for covid-19, cancer and other diseases. Before the coronavirus pandemic, LeBeau was researching the antibodies of llamas and alpacas, which have shown potential to treat various illnesses. He studies antibody-based therapies for cancer. (An antibody is a protein immune system make in response to a foreign substance.) A Scottish biotechnology company …