X-Message-Number: 8454 From: Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 21:07:39 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: CryoNet #8449 Re: Message #8449 From: Kevin R Spoering <> Subject: From Brine Shrimp to Barnacles >In the September 1997 issue of Popular Mechanics magazine in the tech >update section there is a short article about the ability of brine >shrimp to survive periods without water by forming a protective cyst >around them. The researcher, biologist James Clegg, is attempting to >isolate the compound the shrimp uses. Supposedly, the shrimp use no >energy while in this dried state. It may be worth checking into for >those involved in cryonics research. > >Best Regards, > >Kevin Spoering This story reminds me of some research, I heard about a few years ago, which attempted to analyze and produce synthetically the adhesive, which allows barnacles to stick to almost anything under water. The group expected a wide range of practical applications for such a substance including bone repair. I have never heard any follow-up on that story. All the best, Olaf Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=8454