corcyra t1_jee4k8j wrote
Reply to comment by marketrent in Designing more useful bacteria — Researchers create virus-resistant, safely restrained E. coli for medical, industrial applications by marketrent
> For the second fail-safe, the team designed the bacteria themselves to be unable to live outside a controlled environment.
Until they mutate? This sounds like a classic WCGW scenario
Scientifical_Comment t1_jegxlsv wrote
A great illustration of how easily bacteria mutate resistance, ironically by Harvard.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/09/a-cinematic-approach-to-drug-resistance/
HackSlashBurn t1_jegkvt4 wrote
The Ebola virus is already patented. It’s just a matter of time before Stephen King is declared a true prophet.
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