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CRISPR creates new species with single giant chromosome
MIT Technology Review ^ | 08/01/2018 | Antonio Regalado

Posted on 08/01/2018 5:09:32 PM PDT by aimhigh

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To: aimhigh

“Hey, we don’t know how this works, so let’s tinker with it. What could go wrong? “

And while we’re at it, let’s see if we can somehow connect it to a computer chip. With wifi and 5G and that kind of stuff. Then we’d really be cooking!


21 posted on 08/01/2018 5:43:12 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: aimhigh

Can’t leaven well enough alone.


22 posted on 08/01/2018 5:43:35 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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To: aimhigh
The big one: Do we really need so many chromosomes?

You don't miss the water 'til the well runs dry.

23 posted on 08/01/2018 5:47:46 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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#1: "Hey, we don't know how this works, so let's tinker with it. What could go wrong? "

Yeah. It's really stupid and scary for these clowns to be messing around "creating" new species. Yeast is vital to our food and pharmaceutical industries, and of course beer and wine. They don't even have a clue what they are doing yet the potential damage is catastrophic.
 

24 posted on 08/01/2018 5:55:00 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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To: aimhigh
Two marvels of modern science:

The Rock, and George the CRISPR gorilla:


25 posted on 08/01/2018 6:09:09 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: PLMerite

Maybe just maybe someone could figure out a way to induce a brain to infiltrate a Dem brain. Or is that too much to ask?


26 posted on 08/01/2018 6:15:06 PM PDT by oldasrocks (rump)
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To: SpaceBar

One of my faves, “Island of Terror” with Peter Cushing.


27 posted on 08/01/2018 6:16:52 PM PDT by Disambiguator (Keepin' it analog.)
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To: null and void

Don’t bother asking the waitress out, she only has a single chromosome and reproduces by asexual budding.


28 posted on 08/01/2018 6:19:06 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Al

CRISPR?

Sounds like some machine they would have in the kitchen of Popeyes or KFC or Church’s.


29 posted on 08/01/2018 7:01:08 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: Petrosius

That movie terrified me! That and “The Fly.”


30 posted on 08/01/2018 8:48:17 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives numerous, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Pharmaceuticals are already targeting ethnic groups with genetics, for your own good. Ever wonder why they want you to take hanful after handful of drugs and vax? Mengele was a genetic hero ubtil we found out how he did it.


31 posted on 08/02/2018 2:03:17 AM PDT by momincombatboots (How many veoed budget without wall funding?)
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To: BenLurkin

“choose the form of your destroyer” Ok, um breadsticks?


32 posted on 08/02/2018 4:00:44 AM PDT by Sertorius (A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
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To: T-Bone Texan

Strictly speaking, I think yeast is a fungus.

Some have proposed the fungi as a third kingdom in addition to plants and animals.


33 posted on 08/02/2018 4:22:29 AM PDT by bert
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