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Replacing bacteria in your mouth with genetically engineered ones. What could possibly go wrong?

• tptacek 3y ago
  Probably nothing.
  • thsksbd 3y ago
    Unless you have an antacid then swallow the bacteria. Then the bacteria, that transforms sugars and carbs into ethanol, gets past the stomach acid, populates the gut and you get a free buzz with no cavities everytime you eat a cracker.
    • kelnos 3y ago
      That's actually a thing! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-brewery_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-brewery_syndrome