The Rise of Homemade Lifeforms

[The Sushi Bandit]

Story here: http://current.com/items/89655379/the_rise_of_homemade_lifeforms.htm



Meredith L. Patterson is trying to develop genetically altered yogurt bacteria that will glow green to signal the presence of melamine, the chemical that turned Chinese-made baby formula and pet food deadly. She is part of a growing movement of amateur biologists carrying out high level genetic engineering experiments in their own home.

[Towlie]

1. Coming soon: Nobody left alive but Will Smith and his dog.

She sounds just like that woman scientist at the beginning of http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/">I Am Legend.

[Jellogum]

2. Ugh, the Hollywood effect, when uneducated fear the unknown.

See post elsewhere:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=228x47787