[Teacher317]

E. coli is notorious for its ability to quickly reproduce, which could conjure images of mutant bacteria running wild. "We crippled the organism's ability to biosynthesize leucine [one of the 20 essential amino acids] to avoid any risk that the organism could propagate outside a controlled lab setting," Anderson says. "Our unnatural organism will always live in the lab. We have no intention of putting it out in the wild or in commercial products where it could 'get out.'"

LOL... apparently they missed the central theme of Jurassic Park.

[aruanan]

LOL... apparently they missed the central theme of Jurassic Park.

Uh, the central theme of the fictional Jurassic Park came from the reality of the leucine-less E coli bacteria used in molecular biological research.

[tallhappy]

Jurassic Park is make believe.