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  • Vernix caseosa

    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 24 08:26:45 2022
    Tom Brenna (professor of pediatrics whose primary research focuses on fats, oils & fatty acids) listened to the 2005 radio documentary "Scars of Evolution" where David Attenborough reported an observation that harbor-seals were born with something that
    resembled human vernix caseosa.
    Brenna led a team that collaborated with Judy St.Leger at San Diego Sea-world to compare the chemistry of human vernix & samples from California sea -lion pups:
    the molecular composition of both is similar, being rich in branched-chain fatty acids & squalene.

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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Oct 25 17:57:58 2022
    On Monday, October 24, 2022 at 11:26:47 AM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote:
    Tom Brenna (professor of pediatrics whose primary research focuses on fats, oils & fatty acids) listened to the 2005 radio documentary "Scars of Evolution" where David Attenborough reported an observation that harbor-seals were born with something that
    resembled human vernix caseosa.
    Brenna led a team that collaborated with Judy St.Leger at San Diego Sea-world to compare the chemistry of human vernix & samples from California sea -lion pups:
    the molecular composition of both is similar, being rich in branched-chain fatty acids & squalene.

    Amazon rainforest canopy kinkajous produce squalene, but I don't know if their newborns are coated with vernix caseosa; they are related to otters & raccoons and have thick fur.

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