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“Every year, over 700,000 horseshoe crabs are caught and bled. The global vaccine industry uses an estimated 600 million chicken eggs a year to produce influenza vaccines. And we boil between 420 billion and 1 trillion silkworms every year to produce silk.”
Could we replace them with synthetic bio?
Could we replace them with synthetic bio?
Animals as chemical factories - Works in Progress
Horses bled for antivenom, crabs drained for endotoxin tests, and silkworms boiled for silk. Science can now replace these practices with synthetic alternatives — but we need to find ways to scale the...
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December 6, 2024 at 8:42 AM
“Every year, over 700,000 horseshoe crabs are caught and bled. The global vaccine industry uses an estimated 600 million chicken eggs a year to produce influenza vaccines. And we boil between 420 billion and 1 trillion silkworms every year to produce silk.”
Could we replace them with synthetic bio?
Could we replace them with synthetic bio?
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How many children’s lives has the measles vaccine saved in 50 years?
Around 90 million.
Important to remind ourselves that vaccines save lives
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... @ourworldindata.org
Around 90 million.
Important to remind ourselves that vaccines save lives
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... @ourworldindata.org
December 2, 2024 at 6:41 PM
How many children’s lives has the measles vaccine saved in 50 years?
Around 90 million.
Important to remind ourselves that vaccines save lives
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... @ourworldindata.org
Around 90 million.
Important to remind ourselves that vaccines save lives
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... @ourworldindata.org
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New Article Alert! "Interviewer Involvement in Respondent Selection Moderates the Relationship between Response Rates and Sample Bias in Cross-National Survey Projects in Europe" by Marta Kołczyńska, Piotr Jabkowski & Stephanie Eckman @stephnie.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jssa...
January 26, 2024 at 7:30 PM
New Article Alert! "Interviewer Involvement in Respondent Selection Moderates the Relationship between Response Rates and Sample Bias in Cross-National Survey Projects in Europe" by Marta Kołczyńska, Piotr Jabkowski & Stephanie Eckman @stephnie.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jssa...