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Genome transplant makes species switch

One type of bacterium has been reprogrammed into another.

By transplanting their genomes, US scientists have converted one species into another.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on June 28, 2007
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Transplanting genomes is in present at its beginning. But what in future,at one place it make us in profit and at other it can be used as bioveapon and would be used against mankind. So is it safe to reach at its extreme?

Posted by: Singh Indrabahadur A. | January 31, 2008 05:19 AM

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