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Ice age bacteria brought back to life
www.NewScientist.com ^ | 2/25/2005 | Kelly Young

Posted on 02/25/2005 12:57:59 PM PST by aimhigh

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To: dahicks
This certainly gives me the heeby jebies. White Europeans wiped out 3/4 of the New World not by physical violence but by disease. The New World inhabitants had no immunity at all to these "new" strains of bugs. If this turns out to be a pathogen, it could be very dangerous seeing humans immune systems haven't seen it for thousands of years.

On the other hand we're still playing around with smallpox and other than a few lab workers, there hasn't been a problem. (At least to this point)

Bringing old bugs into modern times is not a good idea. There was an outbreak of anthrax a while back, I think in Russia, after digging in ancient effected soil. England doesn't mess with the ground of known plague cemeteries. (It's theorized that the medieval strain of plague was much more virulent than what exists today.)

If this is being studied with the most modern techniques and equipment, state of the art foolproof security, and half a battalion protecting it then it might be OK. Maybe.

81 posted on 02/25/2005 6:39:00 PM PST by lizma
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To: massgopguy
Don't tell me you're afraid of a little Andromeda Strain

Yeah, Just stay drunk enough to keep crying! Watch "Ole Yeller" for insurance.

82 posted on 02/25/2005 6:45:40 PM PST by lizma
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To: neverdem
Did they learn nothing from Jurassic Park?
83 posted on 02/25/2005 7:34:03 PM PST by farmfriend ( Congratulations. You are everything we've come to expect from years of government training.)
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To: Barney59

... or Captain Tripps!


84 posted on 02/25/2005 7:38:10 PM PST by diamond6 (Everyone who is for abortion has already been born. Ronald Reagan)
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To: hinckley buzzard
Take one apart ("for the science") and give the rest a bath in clorox.

Heck, all Alaska will probably be set aside as habitat for this little beastie. No Clorox for them.

And no more development for Alaska. The Watermelons will be cheering wildly.

85 posted on 02/25/2005 7:50:17 PM PST by Ole Okie
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To: Lazamataz

good point. This is indeed very dangerous and I hope they know what they are doing


86 posted on 02/25/2005 7:57:25 PM PST by SQUID
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To: neverdem

Great......lysol, clorox, antibiotics, ionic and hepa filters, my HVAC has UV light system to augment my homes air quality and some dickweed is out inventing new and improved hazards to my health.......get a rope !


87 posted on 02/25/2005 8:01:10 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: aimhigh

Andromeda strain?


88 posted on 02/25/2005 8:05:28 PM PST by Rocky
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To: Ole Okie

"Heck, all Alaska will probably be set aside as habitat for this little beastie. No Clorox for them."

... You're probably right.


89 posted on 02/25/2005 8:30:59 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach; SunkenCiv; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; 4ConservativeJustices; ...
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90 posted on 02/25/2005 10:54:58 PM PST by SunkenCiv (last updated my FreeRepublic profile on Sunday, February 20, 2005.)
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To: aimhigh

Global Warming is gonna getchya! When that pond melts, along with all the other ancient ice...

THAT is what God meant when he said, "It'll be fire, not a flood, next time!"

He was speaking on two levels:

The first being the "fire" of the sun warming and melting all those giant, natural petri dishes filled with their Hell's brew;

The second is the "fire" of the burning fevers ravaging Mankind's disease wracked bodies....

BooooWHAAAAhahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!


91 posted on 02/25/2005 11:46:09 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (The world needs more horses, and fewer Jackasses!)
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To: lizma

Bringing old bugs into modern times is not a good idea. There was an outbreak of anthrax a while back, I think in Russia, after digging in ancient effected soil.

Anthrax is all over the place and can be a problem for livestock owners, esp. in the western part of the US. Not at all unusual for ranchers to vaccinate for anthrax.

Anthrax Vaccinations Suggested After Increase in Cases(Texas)

92 posted on 02/26/2005 4:18:49 AM PST by elli1
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To: tallhappy

I'm not negative about it. We should reanimate more ancient bacilli, re-investigate old plague cemetaries, and play more with engineered disease bacteria. After all, it's science.


93 posted on 02/26/2005 4:31:55 AM PST by Tench_Coxe
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To: mysterio

link??


94 posted on 02/26/2005 8:39:46 AM PST by adam_az (UN out of the US! - http://www.moveamericaforward.org/?Page=Petition)
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To: aimhigh
A bacterium that sat dormant in a frozen pond in Alaska for 32,000 years has been revived by NASA scientists.

I've seen this movie. It doesn't end well. /jk

Actually this could be quite interesting thanks for posting

95 posted on 02/26/2005 8:41:32 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (No one knows the shape of the future or where it will take us. We know only the way is paved in pain)
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To: tarator
Perhaps now we will finally find out for sure what killed the dinosaurs.

Doubt it was this as dinosaurs would have been long dead at that point

96 posted on 02/26/2005 8:43:32 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (No one knows the shape of the future or where it will take us. We know only the way is paved in pain)
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To: aimhigh

Hmm... Sounds like an endangered species.

Watch the Donk's try to claim that we can't drill in Alaska because we might disturb the endangered Carnobacterium pleistocenium.


97 posted on 02/26/2005 8:50:53 AM PST by adam_az (UN out of the US! - http://www.moveamericaforward.org/?Page=Petition)
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To: CobraJet
Destroy it? It will be placed on the Endangered Species List and protected!

That's right....and those evil conservatives wanted to actually drill in ANWR which is just teeming with endangered species.

98 posted on 02/26/2005 9:14:42 AM PST by SC Swamp Fox (Aim small, miss small.)
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To: Question_Assumptions

Not only that but they are so myopic. They focus on one goal and who knows what they may miss learning. To really learn you need to be very creative about your questions.


99 posted on 02/26/2005 2:29:53 PM PST by Bellflower (A new day is Coming!)
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To: adam_az
Link to salt crystal bacteria
100 posted on 02/26/2005 4:28:56 PM PST by mysterio
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