WSJ has an article on how commercial scientists have announced their creation of a cell with a synthetic genome. They call it a synthetic cell, which I think is a bit of a stretch, but I’m just as terrified.
Scientists Create First Synthetic Cell
Pretty exciting medicinal and industrial possibilities, but it doesn’t take much thinking to conceive of a how the dark side of mankind’s nature might apply it to warfare. I was already worried about a “grey goo” style end of the world, but now I wonder if I might live long enough to actually witness it happen.
*shiver*