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in every area of pharmaceutical research. And long before
San Diego or Encinitas ever existed, the area was already
home to e Kumeyaay people and centuries of local
ethnobotanical knowledge. is is critical, as is the region's
openness to alternative medical traditions, especially as they
relate to quality of life.
San Diego County is known to have the greatest biodiversity
of any county in the lower 48 states, and within it, Encinitas
has a long and storied history as a place where you can
grow anything at all. Over the past 25 years, San Diego has
become a major biotech hub, with resources ranging from
UC San Diego and the Salk Institute to private companies
Healthy by Nature
GROUNDBREAKING TRADITIONAL MEDICINE RESEARCH LAUNCHES IN ENCINITAS
San Diego Botanic Garden Director of Medicinal
Plants Research Benjamin Naman, PhD, Curator
of Collections Jeremy Bugarchich, and Medicinal
Plant Technician Emma Suster
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