When I saw this, remarked " We inch ever closer to the scenario described in ' The White Plague ' by Frank Herbert." But maybe the SuperCollider will get us first. Gus > > The amazing Craig Venter, who utterly transformed the human genome > project by competing with the 'establishment',and bringing in a result > from the combined teams about a decade ahead of schedule has, drum > roll ... > > ====> ... successfully produced the first > self-replicating, synthetic bacterial cell. > Rzzzzzzzzz -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist