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>Self-medicating gorillas may hold new drugs cluesResearchers in Gabon studied tropical plants eaten by wild gorillas - and used also by local human healers - identifying four with medicinal effects.Laboratory studies revealed the plants were high in antioxidants and antimicrobials.One showed promise in fighting superbugs.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c23lj94mk93o