The Sum of the Parts

ScienceNews ^ | 12/10/05 | Christen Brownlee

[furball4paws]

Synthetic Biologists String Genes into Living Machines.

Enjoy bacteria that make a picture of the Flying Spaghetti Monster!

See some visions of the future via Biotechnology.

[furball4paws]

We have artificial evolution occurring right in front of our noses. A good article to help people become aware of what the revolution in molecular biology can do.

[furball4paws]

Hemi, demi, semi evolutionary ping. Not for everyone, but for those interested in Biotechnology and the Flying Spaghetti Monster - a must read.

Pick out the usual suspects who might like this.

[furball4paws]

Hemi, demi, semi evolutionary ping. Not for everyone, but for those interested in Biotechnology and the Flying Spaghetti Monster - a must read.

Pick out the usual suspects who might like this.

[PatrickHenry]

Pinging "the few" ...

[Thatcherite]

This section caught my eye.

Rather than randomly altering a few genes in a cell's DNA as in old-school genetic engineering, some researchers are now breaking genomes into collections of parts and precisely reassembling them to do a scientist's bidding. The fruits of the approach are taking many different forms: bacteria that can count or form patterns in a petri dish, a virus redesigned to make its genes easier to study, microbes programmed to seek out and destroy tumors, and bacteria that spit out great quantities of a rare and complicated bogus argument for ID and against evolution (The Fesbrew Chugator bacteria).

[furball4paws]

Now you're going to imply that the authors actually said that last bit.

[Thatcherite]

It is right there in the link. Intelligent bacteria posting to internet discussion fora. Minsky et al have been barking up the wrong tree trying to produce artificial intelligence, when biologists have managed to beat them to artificial stupidity.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"(The Fesbrew Chugator bacteria)."

The correct name is Festus Chugabacter, you need to read the peer-reviewed literature first hand instead of counting on the press release to get it right. :)

[VadeRetro]

The few, the proud, the confused. Never mind! Checking the link.

[VadeRetro]

Synthetic biologists ...

Hah! They said we'd never create life in a test tube!

Interesting article and I'm only at the first section title.

[furball4paws]

Tickled you, did it?

I wish some of our FSM aficionados would happen by.

[furball4paws]

Come along and Alexander's RagTime Band.

[furball4paws]

In Hamtramck it's Festus Chuganotherbrewski.