Using Utensils

From the Labs

Ran across a couple of interesting articles today:

I am creating artificial life, declares US gene pioneer

A little scary, but really exciting at the same time…

We are going from reading our genetic code to the ability to write it…

Using lab-made chemicals, they have painstakingly stitched together a chromosome that is 381 genes long and contains 580,000 base pairs of genetic code.

Purpose of appendix believed found

So that’s what it does…

…the seemingly useless appendix: It produces and protects good germs for your gut.

Diseases such as cholera or amoebic dysentery would clear the gut of useful bacteria. The appendix’s job is to reboot the digestive system in that case.