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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:00:00 PST</pubDate>
<title>DailyDirt: Attack Of The Bioengineered Organisms And Clones</title>
<dc:creator>Michael Ho</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[ We're getting closer and closer to creating designer life forms.  People can almost build a single-celled organism from scratch, so we're not too far away (in terms of logical steps, not time) from intelligently designing our own little creatures someday.  Instead of a "grey goo" nightmare, maybe we should be more worried about a "green goo" disaster.  Here are some quick links to research that might lead to this unexpected biotech revolution:

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<li> <a href="http://bit.ly/hyebvZ">Dolly the sheep has been revived again.</a>  Clones created THREE years ago in <i>secret</i>?  Yah, nothing wrong with that at all.... [<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1334201/Dolly-reborn-Four-clones-created-sheep-changed-science.html">url</a>]
</li><li> <a href="http://bit.ly/grBKtH">Solar-powered hornets!</a>  Okay, these were discovered, not designed -- but it's just a matter of time before mad scientists start creating other solar-powered insects. [<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9254000/9254445.stm">url</a>]
</li><li> <a href="http://bit.ly/gCBce7">Scientists have made bacteria with genes that can be used as logic circuits.</a>  Will Moore's law apply? Probably not, but self-assembled, exponential growth of a biological "chip" would be kinda cool. [<a href="http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/12/scientists-create-computer-programmable-bacteria/">url</a>]
</li><li> <a href="http://bit.ly/gZl7DL">A mouse with two fathers still needs a mother to be born.</a>  But apparently, the rodents can be made with two genetic fathers or two genetic mothers.  Weird family trees ensue.  [<a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gbOQUbE63Vl31COrpP7FzSMz-N9w?docId=CNG.5ecbda1132f2622b919e251d461cca6c.7b1">url</a>]
</li><li> <a href="http://bit.ly/dKjBkx">A human lung on a chip could lead to more "organ on a chip" developments.</a>  Great, now we can all breathe easier. :) [<a href="http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/06/living-breathing-human-lung-on-a-chip/">url</a>]
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