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Genetic Engineering Fuses Spider Silk and Silica
PhysOrg.com ^
| June 27, 2006
| Tufts University
Posted on 07/11/2006 7:54:33 PM PDT by annie laurie
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To: neverdem; AntiGuv
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posted on
07/11/2006 7:55:07 PM PDT
by
annie laurie
(All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost)
To: annie laurie
Genetic Engineering Fuses Spider Silk and Silica
Great...another ground-breaking scientific advance that will probably
yield life-saving therapies...
a few years after I croak!
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posted on
07/11/2006 7:57:49 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: annie laurie
I was reading an article recently in Popular Science that made the statement "...in 100 years we will have the ability for amputees to grow new appendages." Could this be a precursor to just such an endeavor? What an amazing world we are living in (outside of medieval thinking Islamo Facists that is).
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posted on
07/11/2006 7:59:47 PM PDT
by
phoenix0468
(http://www.mylocalforum.com -- Go Speak Your Mind.)
To: VOA
Awe, come on now. Your ancestors are probably looking down on your world thankful that their efforts yielded such greatness, we need to pass something useful on to our progeny.
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posted on
07/11/2006 8:02:09 PM PDT
by
phoenix0468
(http://www.mylocalforum.com -- Go Speak Your Mind.)
To: annie laurie
I love learning new stuff.
"Diatoms are delicate unicellular organisms that have a yellow-brown chloroplast that enables them to photosynthesize. Their cell walls are made of silica almost like a glass house. The construction of the cell wall, called the frustule, consists of two valves that fit into each other like a little pill box."
Cool....
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posted on
07/11/2006 8:04:29 PM PDT
by
Radix
(Stop domestic violence. Beat abroad.)
To: annie laurie
Fast-forward 20 years ... in a stunning discovery, the composite gene somehow made it into the wild and there is a new breed of bird-catcher spider, dubbed the plane catcher, who's web is strong enough ... you get the idea.
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posted on
07/11/2006 8:32:17 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Go home and fix Mexico)
To: Radix
Since you like learning new stuff: Diatomaceous earth (diatom fossils) was the stuff in toothpaste that provided the grit for polish. People used to rub fossils on their teeth each day. ;-) I don't think they (toothpaste makers) are using it anymore at all.
To: annie laurie
Since this didn't mention embryonic stem-cells this is obviously junk science.
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posted on
07/11/2006 8:41:02 PM PDT
by
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(We have the government we allow and deserve.)
To: NonValueAdded
I'm waiting for the phone and cable companies to genetically engineer spiders to weave fiber optic cables.
Don't worry about the freakishly large hairy spider outside your house - it's just hooking up your new broadband.
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posted on
07/11/2006 8:52:12 PM PDT
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KarlInOhio
(Loose lips sink ships - and the New York Times really doesn't have a problem with sinking ships.)
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posted on
07/11/2006 9:02:19 PM PDT
by
AntiGuv
("..I do things for political expediency.." - Sen. John McCain on FOX News)
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
The English used to collect and use their urine to polish their teeth (ammonia), but the teeth tended to rot faster so other polishes such as soda were found that didn't whiten as well but didn't rot the teeth out of the head by age thirty.
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posted on
07/11/2006 9:11:07 PM PDT
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MHGinTN
(If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
It is said that Admiral Bull Halsey used to save the ash off of his cigars and brush his teeth with that in the morning.
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posted on
07/11/2006 9:12:02 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
To: MHGinTN
The english have no proud teeth moments...................
To: annie laurie
Pretty cool, an example of speciation in the lab!
...not sure how Evolutionists are going to explain this one, though.
< grin! >
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posted on
07/11/2006 9:24:44 PM PDT
by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Did you know that when the Opportunity rover got stuck in a sand dune on Mars, JPL scientists went out and bought up most of the diatomaceous earth in the Los Angeles area to make artificial Mars dirt? They mixed diatomaceous earth, play sand and cement mortar to make up a realistic synthetic material that has properties similar to Mars dust. They figured out how to gun the Rover so it blasted out of the dune and get it going again.
To: KarlInOhio
I'm waiting for the phone and cable companies to genetically engineer spiders to weave fiber optic cables. No, I predict lawyers who can spin their own 3-piece suits.
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Now that is amazing....how did they know?
To: ProtectOurFreedom
JPL scientists went out and bought up most of the diatomaceous earth in the Los Angeles area Good news for LA slugs.
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posted on
07/11/2006 10:14:13 PM PDT
by
Thinkin' Gal
(As it was in the days of NO...)
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget; annie laurie
Also Alfred Nobel discovered that Diatomaceous earth when mixed with the highly unstable nitroglycerin would result in dynamite
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posted on
07/12/2006 4:52:04 AM PDT
by
grjr21
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