Re: LIFESCIENCE: Scientists Speed Up 'Evolution'

[Trevor <tebatt@dds.nl>]

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ARS ELECTRONICA FESTIVAL 99
LIFESCIENCE
Linz, Austria, September 04 - 09
http://www.aec.at/lifescience
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On 18-May-99, speer wrote:
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>ARS ELECTRONICA FESTIVAL 99
>LIFESCIENCE
>Linz, Austria, September 04 - 09
>http://www.aec.at/lifescience
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>Scientists Speed Up 'Evolution'

>SEATTLE (AP) -- In a revolution in evolution that Charles Darwin never 
>dreamed of, biotechnology companies are conducting high-speed evolution in 
>test tubes to create everything from super laundry detergents to novel drugs.

>Called directed evolution, the process could prove one of the most important 
>steps in biotechnology since genetic engineering. The idea is to discover in 
>nature substances that perform in a certain way but have drawbacks -- like a 
>cancer-fighting protein that can only be used in small doses because of side 
>effects -- and force them to rapidly evolve to be better.


The perfect way to "improve" artists?

     

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