Synthetic life advance

[Deetee]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7203186.stm

So trust them to create a sexually transmitted disease to ravage the planet!

 

[Ivor the Engineer]

I thought this quote was bizarre:

Other synthetic bacteria could be made to take up greenhouse gases, he believes.

Don't we already have trees and other plants to do that?

This sounds exactly like every other press release researchers come out with. I'm amazed he didn't mention Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease while he was at it.