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Researchers engineer poplar trees to synthesize valuable chemical squalene, normally harvested from shark livers
Phys.Org ^
| JULY 9, 2024
| Connor Yeck, Michigan State University
Posted on 07/09/2024 8:12:43 AM PDT by Red Badger
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According to WIKI, it takes about 3000 sharks to produce 1 ton of Squalane.......................
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/09/2024 8:13:18 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
“Researchers engineer poplar trees to synthesize valuable chemical squalene, normally harvested from shark livers”
great, now “scientists” have created gain-of-function trees that grow land sharks ...
OTOH, squalene adjutants used in vaccines will be much cheaper ... all the better to artificially hyperactivate ones immune system ...
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posted on
07/09/2024 8:17:29 AM PDT
by
catnipman
((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
To: Red Badger
What could possibly go wrong?
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posted on
07/09/2024 8:18:24 AM PDT
by
LastDayz
(A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
To: Red Badger
It used to be that Preparation H was made with shark liver oil and it actually worked... now not so much.
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posted on
07/09/2024 8:22:24 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Red Badger
Wasn’t that at one time supposed to be a depop jab adjuvant?
To: Red Badger
We need some screen writers from the 50’s science fiction movies.
To: Red Badger
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posted on
07/09/2024 8:25:28 AM PDT
by
algore
To: LastDayz
“What could possibly go wrong?”
You could have to move out of your parents’ basement?
To: tet68
May PETA be infested with hemorrhoids..................
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posted on
07/09/2024 8:29:36 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
Who had that headline on their FR posting bingo card?
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posted on
07/09/2024 8:29:57 AM PDT
by
bwest
To: Red Badger
May PETA be infested with hemorrhoids..................
Actually, now they may be called shemorroids depending
on how they happen to feel at the time.
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posted on
07/09/2024 8:32:53 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: TexasGator
Ha... says the guy who’s still living in his moms basement. You should get out more often... say to... Twin Peaks. Ha... Ha...
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posted on
07/09/2024 8:33:02 AM PDT
by
LastDayz
(A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
To: Red Badger
What kind of poplar? How many years to grow the tree? What’s the greater value...squalene or timber?
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posted on
07/09/2024 8:37:30 AM PDT
by
ryderann
To: tet68
I never found Prep H to be effective. Felt too much like getting bitten in the @$$ by a shark.
Anusol was much more effective in the end.
To: ryderann
Squalene is used in the cosmetics and
pharmaceutical industries....................
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posted on
07/09/2024 8:39:42 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
In a related story, marine biologists are studying a spate of reports of orcas mysteriously seen to attack trees—poplar trees in particular.
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posted on
07/09/2024 8:40:05 AM PDT
by
I-ambush
(From the brightest star comes the blackest hole. You had so much to offer, why didya offer your sou?)
To: I-ambush
Or sailboats made of poplar?...................
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posted on
07/09/2024 8:40:58 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: mywholebodyisaweapon
Anusol was much more effective in the end.
I thought about marketing a product...
I was going to call it Inuendo...
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posted on
07/09/2024 8:43:55 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: ryderann
“What kind of poplar? How many years to grow the tree? What’s the greater value...squalene or timber?”
What’s the greater value...squalene+biomass or timber?”
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