Scientist create synthetic life

[Longhorny630]

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That's crazy. Not cloning, not breeding, not dna modification, but straight up writing a genetic sequence and creating a bacterium that can reproduce. It is very very scary to think of what this could lead to. I immediately think of creating a super virus or super bacteria that can be programmed to kill and spread as fast as possible. On the other hand, you could create super white blood cells that overcome the flaws in our own white blood cells, either by acting faster or being able to defeat AIDS viruses or cancer.

 

[buckhorn]

Cool.

Very cool.

I prefer cloning, but this is cool, as well.

 

[Bluepies]

How about creating some midichlorians?

Seriously though, this is awesome. Unbelievable amounts of useful things could come out of this. We are truly in an age of miracles.

 

[MaduroUTMB]

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[general35]

eventually we will create something that destroys us all. that should be fun.

 

[the actor]

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[accuratehorn]

I thought they already had accomplished this feat years ago, calling it "aggy." That's the only logical explanation.

 

[A. BETTIK]

Good. Now they can get to work on that money tree.

 

[Seamus McBundy]

yeah but can it fix aggy?

 

[AustinTejasFan]

"eventually we will create something that destroys us all. that should be fun. "

Now all the pubs have something to worry about since they're not concerned with global warming. Of course they won't worry about this either if some giant corporation can make a gazillion dollars off it. Calling Joe Barton............

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

Don't worry TejasFan. For every giant corporation there will be thousands of government bureaucratic jobs created by the Dems to parasitize it, so you are still safe.

 

[Lake_Travis_Horn]

Actually, as a conservative, I'm more than willing to say that this scares the hell out of me and I believe it has more capacity for disaster than for dramatic good. It's almost impossible to make something powerful that can't be used for evil purposes. The more powerful, the greater the potential danger.