Amateurs Are Trying Genetic Engineering At Home 245
the_kanzure points out this AP story on amateur genetic engineering, excerpting: "The Apple computer was invented in a garage. Same with the Google search engine. Now, tinkerers are working at home with the basic building blocks of life itself. Using homemade lab equipment and the wealth of scientific knowledge available online, these hobbyists are trying to create new life forms through genetic engineering a field long dominated by Ph.D.s toiling in university and corporate laboratories." Reader resistant has a few ideas about how to use this sort of lab: "Personally, I'd like to whip up a reasonably long-lasting and durable paint made with dye based on squid genes that glows brightly enough to allow 'guide lines' to be daubed along hallway baseboards, powered by a very low trickle of electricity. Plus, a harmless glowing yogurt would make for a cool prank."
Laugh now, but (Score:5, Funny)
1) Create perfect woman in petri dish
2) First
3) Patent troll
4) ?
5) Profit
Minature pandas (Score:5, Funny)
In one fell swoop, I will have saved a species from extinction AND become a billionaire!
Re:Minature pandas (Score:2, Funny)
Why not a panda with 6 asses?
Looks like Stephen King got it wrong... (Score:2, Funny)
Been doing it for years (Score:4, Funny)
What does Bart have to say about this? (Score:3, Funny)
Bart: "How would I go about creating a half-man, half-monkey-type creature?"
Mrs. Krabappel: "I'm sorry, that would be playing God."
Bart: "God-schmod, I want my monkey man."
Re:What could possibly go wrong? (Score:2, Funny)
I'm reminded of the breeders who purportedly tried to create a more sweet natured camel by incorporating lama genes in the camel genotype. The story is that they ended up with a vile tempered lama.
Thank you for that short biography on Osama bin Laden.
Re:Garage Credibility (Score:3, Funny)
Hey now, some of the best zombie apocalypses started out as garage or backyard projects!
Re:Is this legal? (Score:1, Funny)
Damn straight! Today the mad scientist can't genetically engineer a race of mutant supermen in their garage, tomorrow it's the mad grad student! Where will it end?
Re:Laugh now, but (Score:5, Funny)
You can't patent trolls, there's too much prior art.
Also, I'm fairly sure 'trying genetic engineering at home' is a euphemism for something...
marajumatos (Score:1, Funny)
Simple: THC in tomatoes. Might mix things up a bit.
Re:Looks like Stephen King got it wrong... (Score:2, Funny)
I had an ant farm, and those fuckers didn't grow shit! -Mitch
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Re:Minature pandas (Score:2, Funny)
Bamboo.
What does bamboo have a lot of?
Fiber.
There's your reason for why you don't want a panda with 6 asses. You don't want them running around your house, shitting 6 times as efficiently.
Re:Minature pandas (Score:2, Funny)