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Compound from Coral Could Combat Cancer - Nature holds treasure trove of 'new' compounds
Scientific American ^
| March 13, 2006
| David Biello
Posted on 03/16/2006 6:31:39 AM PST by S0122017
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posted on
03/16/2006 6:31:43 AM PST
by
S0122017
To: GreenFreeper
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posted on
03/16/2006 6:31:58 AM PST
by
S0122017
To: S0122017
Impossible - all the reefs bleached and died off due to global warming.
To: S0122017
Compound from Coral Could Combat Cancer Crikey!
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posted on
03/16/2006 6:38:40 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(_____oooo_( ° ¿ ° )_oooo_____)
To: martin_fierro
No kidding !! Carrumba and Cripie! What's with the Cs??
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posted on
03/16/2006 6:41:28 AM PST
by
bboop
(Stealth Tutor)
To: S0122017
Fortunately this is a soft coral, and not on the menu of the dreaded Crown of Thorns star.
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posted on
03/16/2006 6:59:32 AM PST
by
Renderofveils
(Qur’an 8:39 “So, fight them until all opposition ends and the only religion is Islam.”)
To: Renderofveils
Crown of Thorns... yuck!
I know how deadly to the coral that thing is, so when I see one, I spear it and cut it into many small pieces and leave it in the ocean for the fish to eat.
;)
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posted on
03/16/2006 7:10:19 AM PST
by
Jemian
(He is no fool to give up what he cannot keep, in order to gain what he cannot lose. -Jim Elliot)
To: Renderofveils
Fortunately this is a soft coral
The photo looks like Pocillipora or Montipora.
To: bboop
Headline creator is crazy.
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posted on
03/16/2006 7:15:35 AM PST
by
Jemian
(He is no fool to give up what he cannot keep, in order to gain what he cannot lose. -Jim Elliot)
To: Jemian
Crown of Thorns... yuck! I know how deadly to the coral that thing is, so when I see one, I spear it and cut it into many small pieces and leave it in the ocean for the fish to eat.
Do you also break the central disc in pieces? http://oceanlink.island.net/ask/echino.html#anchor362230
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posted on
03/16/2006 7:32:16 AM PST
by
S0122017
To: S0122017; LionsDaughter
No. I have learned something today.
I understood that a starfish will regenerate from anybody part. In fact, in my daughter's high school marine biology course they were taught that if you cut up a star, put the pieces in a blender with sea water, make a slurry of the stuff, then allow it to sit in a viable sea water aquarium, the slurry would clump and then regenerate into billions of stars.
BTW, I would NEVER cut up a crown and leave the pieces in the water. I would spear them, collect them in a bag and leave the bag up on shore in the hot sun. Crown of Thorns decimate coral in a short amount of time. I've seen that personally.
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posted on
03/16/2006 7:38:00 AM PST
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Jemian
(He is no fool to give up what he cannot keep, in order to gain what he cannot lose. -Jim Elliot)
To: Jemian
Only one star seems to be able to regenerate from the arms, the other stars can only regenerate from the central disc (or perhaps from large pieces of the central disc?).
Maybe you can try it out! Only way to know for sure.
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posted on
03/16/2006 7:40:38 AM PST
by
S0122017
To: S0122017; LionsDaughter
I think I will. I'm not in a location right now where that is feasible. But in mid-July I will be in the South Pacific and I'll set up a few experiments.
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posted on
03/16/2006 7:43:07 AM PST
by
Jemian
(He is no fool to give up what he cannot keep, in order to gain what he cannot lose. -Jim Elliot)
To: S0122017
Aren't coral reefs all over the planet "endangered"? How long before the people who scream about the rape of nature become aware of this possible cure/alleviate, and start screaming when and if coral reefs are harvested?
Many might die due to court orders, injunctions, protests and assorted eco-terrorism.
I've become more and more convinced over the years that the problem with Tree Huggers is not that they love nature so much; it's that they hate humanity that much more.
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posted on
03/16/2006 7:47:46 AM PST
by
Wombat101
(Islam: Turning everything it touches to Shi'ite since 632 AD...)
To: Jemian
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posted on
03/16/2006 7:50:03 AM PST
by
S0122017
To: Wombat101
Aren't coral reefs all over the planet "endangered"? How long before the people who scream about the rape of nature become aware of this possible cure/alleviate, and start screaming when and if coral reefs are harvested? Many might die due to court orders, injunctions, protests and assorted eco-terrorism. I've become more and more convinced over the years that the problem with Tree Huggers is not that they love nature so much; it's that they hate humanity that much more.
There is no need to put quotations around endangered. Many reefs are endangered, and look like a warzone compared to how they used to look like. Ofcourse not EVERY type of coral is endangered, and there are gradations of endangered aswell. Similar how some say the economy is sort of endangered in America, but is near death somewhere else. In any case, in order to harvest compounds from corals you will need to protect them and find a way to culture them, so it is unlikely to attract the wrath of environmentalists.
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posted on
03/16/2006 8:34:46 AM PST
by
S0122017
To: S0122017
The use of quotes was to convey my opinion that the word endangered is used far too often, and is often used as a convenient excuse to halt progress by the Greenie Meanines (just label something endangered and you get your court order).
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posted on
03/16/2006 8:45:20 AM PST
by
Wombat101
(Islam: Turning everything it touches to Shi'ite since 632 AD...)
To: Wombat101
Yes, it does get abused sometimes. Which probably does more damage to nature than any machine could have, if you abuse something too often it may loose it's validity.
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posted on
03/16/2006 9:00:26 AM PST
by
S0122017
To: S0122017; blam; Carry_Okie; Chanticleer; ClearCase_guy; cogitator; CollegeRepublican; ...
ECO-PING
FReepmail me to be added or removed to the ECO-PING list!
Save the Coral...so we can save people...ooops then you'd endanger the coral.
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posted on
03/16/2006 1:00:49 PM PST
by
GreenFreeper
(Not blind opposition to progress, but opposition to blind progress)
To: GreenFreeper
" Save the Coral...so we can save people...ooops then you'd endanger the coral."
I am quite busy on a number of Iraqi/Iranian postings, but after a quick read, as usual there is a two edged sword.
A quick thought. Years back I maintained Marine Aquariums as a hobby. And in so doing, visited some early on weg sites. One was a site was sponsored by a company the breeds many form of coral, literally back then many dozens of species. They had perfected methods of cutting pieces off of originals and reproducing large numbers for sale. There could be ways of obtaining a number of this species and bredding them for use by researchers.
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posted on
03/16/2006 1:27:27 PM PST
by
Marine_Uncle
(Honor must be earned)
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