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With their #populations at historically low levels, these critters need relief fast.

Luckily a synthetic alternative to horseshoe crab blood already exists. Europe and Japan have used it for years. Now the U.S. Pharmacopeia — which sets standards in compounding, biologics, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and other fields — has released draft guidelines that would allow the #synthetic alternative in the #UnitedStates, too.

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#ProtectOurWildlife 🦀

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#Synthetic #DNA, what could possibly go wrong? Science isn't really sure how it works, on a fundamental level.

"#DNAzymes" are different from #human DNA but, "...can act as molecular scissors with precise specificity to cut RNA or DNA, or they can function as glue...Say you have a mutated gene...causing disease, we could get this DNA into the cells and...get rid of all that kind of message that's causing the proteins that lead to the disease."

#Eugenics ⚠️

phys.org/news/2023-07-capture-

Phys.org · Researchers capture atomic view of synthetic DNA, revealing 'molecular scissors' that could treat diseaseBy Linda Skidmore

Better yet, wear clothes made of shorn #wool, #hemp, #bamboo, #flax, or #OrganicCotton.

How do you tackle #microplastics? Start with your washing machine.
Simple filters could help remove #microfiber pollution from your #laundry. But experts say a broader portfolio of solutions is needed to address the problem.

by Saqib Rahim, Apr 19, 2023

"As environmental challenges go, microfiber pollution has come from practically out of nowhere. It was only a decade or so ago that scientists first suspected our #clothing, increasingly made of #synthetic materials like #polyester and #nylon, might be major contributors to the global #plastic problem.

"Today a growing body of science suggests the tiny strands that slough off #clothes are everywhere and in everything. By one estimate, they account for as much as one-third of all microplastics released to the ocean. They’ve been found on #MountEverest and in the #MarianaTrench, along with tap #water, #plankton, shrimp guts, and our poo."

Read more: grist.org/technology/how-do-yo

Grist · How do you tackle microplastics? Start with your washing machine.By Saqib Rahim