They Made Bacteria Do What Nature Doesn't ?

Yo Mamma

Here's an interesting thing that I stumbled on this article, it's bout scientists creating 'new' forms of DNA by using different letters than the traditional ACGT. The article is rather dry and technical... but the implications are large.



[This message has been edited by Yo Mamma (edited 26-07-2001).]

Jimi-Spandex

OK, Yo mamma pls explain the implications of this little yolk,
btw you have and extra http:// in the link

Yo Mamma

What it means is that the scientists are now creating things from nature that were never meant to exist at all !! Not only are they trying to bring back species that are long ago extinct, dinosaurs ect. but they are also now trying to create new forms of life out of the building blocks of life !! It may only be a bacteria but it’s where this knowledge will lead them ! And I think it’s only a short hop from here to creating all sorts of unbelievable creatures !!

GreenHell

hmm wonder if they could make me a dragon.

Kix

Very cool work. I'm most impressed. Filling in the bits that nature missed, more or less. V. cool that Ronan's working there too Kayos. You must tell him I said 'Hi!'.

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ThrAx

They could recreate #MEAT# with a brain

Hobbes

Sounds like that scene out of Species. Mad scientists creating a new breed of super women.. mmmmm..

solo1

How can you say that nature doesn't do this? It happens all the time; it's called evolution.

Low-grade, primitive splicing, dicing, cutting pasting DNA. Losing bits, adding bits... we think we're the first to do it? It's been happening for billions of years.

Manach

It would be nice instead to concentrate on the species that already exist & to stop their slide into extinction. I believe the rate is 2-3 per day.

Xterminator

I suppose somw weirdo is due to post saying that the bacteria should not be created, we have no right to play god. Also that the bacterium has a right to life , and shouldn't be used in a lab, cause it hurts it's feelings!

kayos

HAHAHAHAHA This is cool thats where my brother works and I'm off over there soon must get into that lab and see some new life forms

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CriminallyInsane

But isn't evolution a lifeforms way of adapting to new environments/situations. It occurs naturally and very gradually. When scientists edit the code of life, they make sweeping and radical changes. Consider this: Human DNA differs from monkey DNA by only 1.3 percent. Can you imagine that. this means that if a scientist makes even the slightest change, they could evolve (or devolve) normal animals by millions of years. Imagine a breed of super-animal that preys on humans and is smarter and more advanced.

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Manach

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Yo Mamma:
they are also now trying to create new forms of life out of the building blocks of life !! It may only be a bacteria but it’s where this knowledge will lead them ! And I think it’s only a short hop from here to creating all sorts of unbelievable creatures !!
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My comment was directed to this. Solely focused on this aspect of biological research. As for unbelievable creatures, a tiger springs to mind.

Shinji

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">It would be nice instead to concentrate on the species that already exist & to stop their slide into extinction. I believe the rate is 2-3 per day.</font>

What's this got to do with anything else on this thread, exactly?

You think we should stop all biological research while species are still becoming extinct?

Hey, lets stop all technological research because bricks are still occasionally falling on peoples heads in building sites!

The people engaged in this kind of research are biological/molecular scientists. They wouldn't know how to save a species if you paid them. That's a job for conservationists and field biologists/zoologists. I really don't see how your comment has any relevance.

solo1

It's been done.

In any case, genetic manipulation is more or less the same as writing 'Hamlet' yourself instead of waiting for an infinite amount of monkeys to bash it out.