I have watched this ted talk from Jaap de Roode which shows that butterflies choose medical plants to lay their eggs. Firstly, he says we don't stop looking for new drugs or vaccines every year because the pathogens continue to evolve. Some animals have been helping us with this scientific task throughout history. Jaap de Roode explains that monarch butterflies could be one of this useful animals. He has found out that these insects are able to know which plants have medical milkweed to feed their offspring and avoid it getting sick.
In my opinion, this could be a new way to improve our drugs. Animals and plants have developed their own techniques to protect them from pathogens. I think we could learn a lot from them and we could adapt their skills to humans afterwards.
Júlia Boronat
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