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> At some point in the future, we will use programmable bacteria for treatment Will bacteria be “programmable” in the same way that a computer is? Hard to bel
by pythonwutang 7y ago
> At some point in the future, we will use programmable bacteria for treatment
Will bacteria be “programmable” in the same way that a computer is?
Hard to believe so maybe that’s not the right word for it.
If it will be then we will, in a way, be monkey patching natural selection’s code.
Testing would also be a pain!
- monocasa 7y ago> Will bacteria be “programmable” in the same way that a computer is? > Hard to believe so maybe that’s not the right word for it. They already are. https://media.ccc.de/v/24c3-2329-en-change_me https://media.ccc.de/v/24c3-2329-en-change_me That's a video from 2007 talking about how high school student can program bacteria. It's gotten a couple orders of magnitude easier and cheaper in the past decade since that talk.