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Emilio Basilius of the Coral Reef Research Foundation holds up one of the hundreds of samples of marine organisms for the National Cancer Institute in the US.

Which Indo-Pacific island’s waters are host to potentially cancer-fighting molecules?

Organisms native to the coral reefs of this island nation could potentially combat cancer. Can you name it?

Geo Quiz
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Emilio Basilius of the Coral Reef Research Foundation holds up one of the hundreds of samples of marine organisms for the National Cancer Institute in the US.

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For three decades, researchers from the Coral Reef Foundation have been traversing tropical waters in search of something potentially life-saving — marine molecules.

These organisms have the natural ability to fend off disease, and scientists believe their make-up could prevent cancer in humans.

For this Geo Quiz, we want you to name the Indo-Pacific nation where scientists have been searching for these cancer-fighting molecules. Can you guess it?