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GM Organism Produces New Amino Acid

Posted by michael on from the one-for-the-road dept.

blamanj writes "Scientists led by Scripps Research Institute chemistry professor Dr. Peter Schultz have engineered a version of the E. coli bacteria that can produce an amino acid not found in nature. Story at the Environment News Service and Science Daily."

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  1. Intersting but... by Tungsten+Chef · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This is interesting and certainly Scientific Progress, but not revolutionary by any means. While quite rare, there are still 5 or 6 cases already known of organisms that use abnormal amino acids. This may lead to some answers to current questions a decade or two down the line, and there's even the off chance that it could mean something really revolutionary, but for now it's no more and no less than interesting.