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Teen Innovates with MIT OpenCourseWare to Unlock Plant Medicine

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Independent researcher Tomás Orellana utilized educational resources from MIT OpenCourseWare to study foundational pharmacology, plant biology, and laboratory methodologies. Applying these principles, Orellana investigated plants documented in traditional medicine by extracting bioactive compounds and evaluating their interactions within biological systems. The project combined traditional botanical records with modern pharmacological extraction and analysis techniques to examine prospective therapeutic properties in plant species.