Learning (And Harvesting) from Extremophiles

Posted by Hemos on Monday February 2, 2004 @04:00AM from the long-term-effects dept.

kudyadi writes "BBC News has an article on the threat posed to extremophiles by anxious prospectors ready to exploit their unique nature. Potential discoveries include glycoprotein, which prevents Antarctic fish from freezing, and an extract from green algae for use in cosmetic skin treatment, and anti-tumour properties in a strain of yeast. This article explains the issue more lucidly, but in the end, one must consider the environmental ramifications of this biological exploitation before moving ahead full scale. So how is Tux in danger? Let me remind you of a thing called the food chain and then read this."

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Re:Oh. by proj_2501 · 2004-02-02 04:29 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Barefoot skiing on pavement? YIKES!
looking for answers by NoGuffCheck · 2004-02-02 04:29 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Extremophiles are micro-organisms that grow optimally in some of earth's most hostile environments of temperature

have they tried looking at the area between SCO and the truth? or Gatesies fist for that matter??

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The solution is obvious by rs79 · 2004-02-02 05:22 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Get SCO to patent Antactica.

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