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Originally Posted by fearn
So that's where the bioprospecting action is right now, the rapidly growing field of "venomics" (and I'm not making the name up), a combination of the studies of venom effects and the genes and genomics behind it. Interesting stuff, if you're into bioscience.
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Thanks, Frank!
Filipinos are actually quite familiar with this line of research. And one reason for that is that there's a
local research agency that keeps a lot of live poisonous snakes, as they study precisely how to make anti-venom vaccine, among other stuff.
On using nature as inspiration for industrial design, everybody might want to check out this interesting video:
Janine Benyus shares nature's designs.