I’ve often heard the lament associated with the decline of the world’s rain forest, how the loss of countless unknown species of flora and fauna may be of enormous impact – as some rare tree frog or rain forest lily may hold the cure for cancer.
It’s very possible, but even proof of the poor critter’s existence wouldn’t slow those bulldozers more than seven minutes.
It just doesn’t pay to be a plant or animal that humans hold in high regard, as it assures you a spot on the menu.
Salmon, widely considered the most noble of all fishes, is about to have a harder time of it now that Sea Run Holdings Inc. (funded by the Department of Defense) is about to go to clinical trials on their plasma drug.
Freeport-based Sea Run has been developing two major product platforms. One of them is Sea Stat CNS, a salmon fibrin product the company claims can minimize the damage caused by spinal cord and traumatic brain injury. The other is Sea Stat HS, which helps clot blood and can potentially seal torn or wounded tissue.
It appears a blood clotting agent can be made via draining salmon of theirs – which naturally deprives the fish of any future options.
They’re using farmed salmon, which is both a relief and a question mark. Farming fish is still in its infancy and shoveling Orange Dye #3 at a pool full of triploids may have ramifications in the finished product.
They might have to back off the shade a bit, that way when you’re wheeled out of the hospital – folks don’t mistake you for a traffic cone.
You should be thankful the DOD hasn’t discovered the fish in your creek. Inject an army with their fluids and you’d have soldiers impervious to any chemical weapon in existence.
That’s true, but they’re incapable of following orders either … mixed bag on the outcome.
So what you’re saying is they might end up with an army full of zombies. Or politicians.