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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37634713 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37634713

• friend_and_foe 3y ago
  That's a different species of bacteria altogether.
  • jerrysievert 3y ago
    > That's a different species of bacteria altogether. likely hence the "out-compete", by a different species
    • friend_and_foe 3y ago
      The bacteria in the link is Streptococcus mutans, the species in this article is Fusobacterium nucleatum. They're not the same species, one can't be used to replace the other.
      • xk_id 3y ago
        It can be, if they secrete inhibitory metabolites and/or compete for the same feeding substrates.
• hereme888 3y ago
  A $20k probiotic vs a $20 round of antibiotics?
  • j-bos 3y ago
    In theory, a cure vs a paliative.
  • kilotaras 3y ago
    > Oh, for the ship-to-your-house version in May, we're dropping the price to $250 https://twitter.com/LanternBioworks/status/1769929390404899102 https://twitter.com/LanternBioworks/status/17699293904048991...
    • hereme888 3y ago
      Well, at that price I might be interested.