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Biological wonders of the ocean floor are being mined to make commercial products – here are the risks

Deep-sea shrimp live in the dark, deep waters of the Pacific Ocean. Credit: NOAA Thousands of genes from deep sea marine life are being used to create new products ranging from medicines to cosmetics. Genes are segments of DNA that provide instructions for making other molecules essential to the structure and function of living organisms. A paper we recently published…