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First Successful Genome Transplant In Bacteria
eldavojohn writes "Researchers reported the first genome transplant from one bacterium to another, thereby transforming the species from M. mycoides to M. capricolum. The research, published in Science, shows that it is possible to achieve a success rate of 1 in 150,000 genome transplants in bacteria. While this may not seem like very good odds, it's actually a major step towards synthetic life, opening up the possibility of tailoring bacteria to our needs. The article mentions medical uses and fuel production as possible applications."
Well, I, for one, welcome our new, tailored, microscopic overlords.
Anyone else read this as "First Sucessful Gnome Transplant in Bacteria"? I mean I know they little guys are smart and useful, but that's not reason to be sending them to do the job of nanites :).
"People who think they know everything are very annoying to those of us who do."-Mark Twain
[singsong]
one of these 150,000 things is not like the others..
while they both would kill goats if they had their 'drothers...
one of these is different, can't you see...
without a cell wall it should be easy...
[/singsong]
I'd like to take this portion of the post to apologize...
Throw the switch, Igor!
init 11 - for when you need that edge.
They were merely replacing KDE.
Ben Hocking
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What are they talking about? I successfuly transplanted one of my Gnomes from the side garden to the front garden just last week. I even have pictures to prove it! How can they claim to be the first?
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...opening up the possibility of tailoring bacteria to our needs.some bacteria to wash my dishes and pick up my stuff.
Hope is the currency of fools
IT'S A BIRD!
No wait...IT MIGHT BE A PLANE!
Hold on...OH YEAH, it's AMBIGUOUS MAN!!!!
"I'm just here to regulate funkiness."
This means they're one step closer to creating Dark Angel, which I think we can all agree, is vastly more important.
I think they've already developed the beautiful woman who won't give you the time of day and can kick your ass.
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." - K
OK, now the viral marketing for Bioshock has officially gone too far...