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Filed Under: bacteria, chemistry, drugs, flavors, gmo, insulin, life, magnetic yeast, microbiology, pharmaceuticals, yeast


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    Commentor, 12 Jun 2015 @ 5:07pm

    if we can modify these tiny organisms at will, yeast could produce...

    a REALLY BAD INFECTION.

    There's always a downside and evil people will find it.

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    PopeRatzo (profile), 12 Jun 2015 @ 8:47pm

    Better not

    This puts me in the mind of the Three Stooges episode where they're making bathtub beer and each one puts in yeast and the whole thing blows up with beer going everywhere.

    OK, maybe it's not so bad after all.

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  • identicon
    Lawrence D’Oliveiro, 12 Jun 2015 @ 10:46pm

    Yeast Is Yeast, And Zest Is Zest ...

    ... and never the twain shall meet (in the same recipe).

    Prove me wrong?

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    Nickweller (profile), 13 Jun 2015 @ 10:50pm

    All hail the King ..

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