My first Star Trek story, Star Trek: Oaths (Star Trek: Starfleet Corps of Engineers), solved the problem of a planet-wide plague by rewriting the genetic code of the planet’s population. Twelve years later, we have this:
Scientists from Yale and Harvard have recoded the entire genome of an organism and improved a bacterium’s ability to resist viruses, a dramatic demonstration of the potential of rewriting an organism’s genetic code.
via Researchers rewrite an entire genome—and add a healthy twist.
Man, this living in the future stuff is weeeeeird.
Related articles
Scientists ‘Rewrite Genetic Code’ Of Bacteria(huffingtonpost.co.uk)
Scientists Rewrite Germ’s Genetic Code(nlm.nih.gov)
