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...transplanted into an empty bacterial cell and replicate itself thereafter. Synthetic Genomics has already filed for a patent on their “biological invention.” Scientists believe that they will soon be able to create “designer genomes,” promising synthetic bacteria that could curb global warming by breaking down atmospheric carbon dioxide or ease global energy needs by producing nonpolluting renewable fuel. However, synbio research currently faces widespread concerns of ethics and safety. On the ethical front, the synbio debate closely mirrors those of the last few decades. While initially, some...
More and more, the four scariest letters for parents and students across the country are MRSA, for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Over the past month, schools have shuttered their doors, sanitized their hallways and alerted parents to the presence of the spreading drug-resistant bacteria in locker rooms and on wrestling mats. At least three students have died of the infection. Headlines have alarmingly--if predictably--cried out warnings of a superbug, and there is in fact cause for real worry...
...hosts. Since the 1960s, hospitals have been battling the staph pathogen--something to be expected in institutions that are, by definition, gathering places for the sick. What is upsetting about the recent reports is that they are coming from outside the hospital, confirming that drug-resistant strains of the bacteria are finding new homes in the community--particularly among kids...
...reversed overnight, but there are ways to keep the bugs at bay. Schools and other fertile breeding grounds like health clubs should be kept clean. Adults and kids should stay alert to news of outbreaks. And everyone should take care to keep hands washed and cuts covered. Bacteria can't thrive where they aren't welcome...
...with regularity, so in China it's cucumber-flavored. But Danone also insists its health claims are based on hard science. The company has founded 16 "Danone Institutes" to study nutrition. It filed 30 health-related patents last year and maintains a "bio bank" with 3,000 strains of bacteria for research...