Scientists bring 500 million-year-old bacteria back to life

[D007]

and Ecoli? Really, Ecoli isn't already dangerous enough? you decided to take a deadly bacteria and idk, maybe see if you could turn it into a super bacteria/virus? Wtf is wrong with people?
Couldn't of gotten idk, foot fungus or something to merge it with? It had to be one of the most notable and dangerous bacterias there are? FFS, why not just merge it with some flesh eating virus then? Oh I'm sure you could of tossed some hepatitis c in there for shits and giggles.. This is.. so stupid.. At least do it in steps and merge it with things less dangerous..

New flash in 10 years. "subway super ecoli turns consumers into dinosaurs" Oh yea....That'll be fun..

PS:The plague is still around, don't think an old virus can't come back and kick ass. Because weather or not you know it, the Bubonic plague is still alive and kicking..
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...apes-death-cat-bite.html?ICO=most_read_module

 

[INSTG8R]

AHHHH so this explains The Walking Dead...

But seriously how long until messing with fire gets us seriously burnt :shadedshu

 

[WhiteLotus]

and Ecoli? Really, Ecoli isn't already dangerous enough?

Yes E. coli. Why? Because it's pretty harmless and easy to grow. There is E. coli happily growing in your gut, that aids in digestion. There is also the bad kind of E. coli that is easy to kill.

Simply put, E. coli is a good bacteria to manipulate and change, but at the same time, really easy to grow, control, and reproduce.

 

[Static~Charge]

There is also the bad kind of E. coli that is easy to kill.

And then there are the E. coli strains that are resistant to multiple antibiotics. Be very careful which strain gets used in your gene-splicing experiments.

 

[Random Murderer]

Yeah on lists of things not to do because it may cause the extinction of the human race this is pretty far up there.

People thought the same of the large Hadron collider, but that black hole never opened and sucked the Earth into it...
Don't get me wrong, this is some scary stuff, but it's being contained in negative-pressure labs by some of the smartest people in the world.
It scares the hell out of me to think what would happen if it did escape the lab, but I'm not worried in the least and I think everyone should put their worries to rest. The world's ending in a few months anyway

And then there are the E. coli strains that are resistant to multiple antibiotics. Be very careful which strain gets used in your gene-splicing experiments.

Pretty sure a group of scientists smart enough to be splicing multi-million-year-old bacteria are careful, otherwise they would have died from previous experiments.

 

[scoutingwraith]

Stuff like this amazes me and scares me at the same time. For sure we dont know the implications on what will this bacteria do if by any chance mistakenly gets released into the wild.

 

[D007]

Yes E. coli. Why? Because it's pretty harmless and easy to grow. There is E. coli happily growing in your gut, that aids in digestion. There is also the bad kind of E. coli that is easy to kill.

Simply put, E. coli is a good bacteria to manipulate and change, but at the same time, really easy to grow, control, and reproduce.

Lol really easy to grow. So it thrives and adapts.. Yea that won't cause any problems..
Control? You have got to be kidding. We have 0 control.. We can't even control ourselves, much less what could happen with something like this.

Pretty sure a group of scientists smart enough to be splicing multi-million-year-old bacteria are careful, otherwise they would have died from previous experiments.

Everybodys lucky.. Until they aren't..
It's cool, I'm ready for the Zombie Apocalypse.

 

[Random Murderer]

It's cool, I'm ready for the Zombie Apocalypse.

You and me both, brother.
Couple of sardine cans and boxes full of ammo, bring it on!
Considering you're so close, we'll have to meet up and combine firepower to find more survivors. I would recommend you coming here as there's a "stronghold" around here...

 

[Munki]

You guys cloned a sheep........you guys sure love sheep.

I haven't laughed that hard in a long time.

To keep the post on topicish..i'm like 5 minutes from GA Tech, so if im not b*tching neither should you all. I'll get eaten by the mad scientist project first.

 

[Random Murderer]

I haven't laughed that hard in a long time.

To keep the post on topicish..i'm like 5 minutes from GA Tech, so if im not b*tching neither should you all. I'll get eaten by the mad scientist project first.

Eaten? You mean converted...

 

[Munki]

Eaten? You mean converted...

Coming from the person with a red t-rex (e-coli maybe?) as an avatar.

j/k j/k