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First, the mummy portfolio hints at a coming scramble for bio-sovereignty. Once researchers show how ancient tissues refine paleoclimate curves, nations that house large funerary collections may restrict tissue export in exchange for digital replicas, complicating global pathogen-tracker consortia.
Second, fibroin’s ascent signals a pivot from petro-polymers to protein engineering. Asian sericulture giants control upstream acreage; if U.S. med-tech firms lock in IP around programmable degradation rates, the next industrial trade war may center on insect farms, not rare-earth mines. Expect joint ventures pairing Southeast Asian agribusiness with Western biofoundries.
Third, Moosewatch reveals that ultra-long data sets move policy. Satellite-tag subscriptions married to volunteer field labor could underwrite similar “living labs” for temperate coral refugia or drought-prone grasslands. Investors who bundle ecotourism, conservation credits and cloud analytics will create novel asset classes where biodiversity becomes bankable collateral.