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So from what we know, this is the first time in over 3 billion years that the basic building blocks of the genetic code have changed in a living organism.
And as an added bonus this has an automatic safety function built in (for those people worried about Megadeathflu or something) in that the altered DNA stops replicating the moment you stop supplying the cells with the new bases...so if anything escapes its container it just stops working.
There are so many potential applications for this, but beyond that...it shows that our current model of DNA/RNA is not required for life, and that there is a good chance that life could possibly arise via any number of possible pathways. I can't wait to see how this pans out.
Anyway, sorry for the double post...I feel like this post isn't getting the responses it deserves.
-------------------- “The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you” -NDT