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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 09:45 PM Original message |
Congress, Obama Take Sudden Interest in Synthetic Biology |
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lxlxlxl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. probably because of that single cell that was cooked up the other week... |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well ,One of the Big Applications May be Energy |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Why not hydrogen then... It should be much easier... and is much cleaner too... |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 11:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Making it cheaply is the problem. (nt) |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Well if you're building it... |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 12:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. You cannot "build" atoms. (nt) |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. "Build"? Seriously? |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. maybe not from a biological perspective.... |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 07:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Expensive to make, much more flammable than gasoline, and explosive due to being under pressure n/t |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Actually it's not more unsafe... |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. Panic! Panic! Panic! Ban! Ban! Ban! Kneejerk! Kneejerk! Kneejerk! (nt) |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 07:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. That's pretty much the response they have towards anything new. nt |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. holy shit-- I was on vacation last week and missed this altogether unitl today.... |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 12:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I'd say the beginning of the biological revolution |
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madchick44 (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 07:23 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Wonder if human cells will now be patented? nt |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. One quarter of the human genome is already patented. (nt) |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
10. Only one scientist in the room without a vested interest....this has got to change. |
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madchick44 (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 07:25 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Ventner never saw a gene he didn't want to patent. |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 08:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. He's hardly a scientist. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. It's kind of depressing how most bioethicists have zero background in biology. (nt) |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Unfortunate that most scientists don't have an ethics component in their training, so that |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-28-10 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
11. kick |
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