Re: [RML] Bioengineered Cyclops

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I was surprised because I have friends who do bioengineering of plants,=20
which is much less costly than doing bioengineering animals. And ya gotta=20
wonder why anyone would go to the time and expense of bioengineering=20
cyclops.=20
Liz

On 4/14/05, Gary Lange <rainbowfish4u2 at yahoo.com> wrote:=20
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> I guess I'm going to have to do some more research on this but I really=20
> DOUBT that the cyclops are bioengineered in the usualy sense. They may ha=
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> selected for a cyclops that produced higher amounts of astaxanthin but th=
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> is a fairly complex organism. It usually takes a lot of money, time and=20
> effort to do something like this. I went to their website and yes they do=
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> use the word bioengineered. Kind of surprised that they said that.
> gary
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> *Liz Wilhite <Satirica at gmail.com>* wrote:
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> On 4/13/05, kentmarinesci <marinesci at verizon.net> wrote:=20
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> > Sorry guys, I was just going by the text on the label, which states
> > that Cyclop-eeze are bio-engineered and culutured micro-crustaceans,=20
> > grown in a pristine, shallow, arctic salt lake. Perhaps this
> > information is erroneous.
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> Cyclops are naturally occuring but the ones in cyclop-eeze are in fact=20
> bio-engineered. http://www.cyclop-eeze.com/ Bioenegineered doesn't mean=20
> "dangerous".
> Liz
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