#Harvard Yale scientists develop technique to make GMOS safer A new milestone has been reached by scientists at Ivy League universities Yale and Harvard; they have discovered a method to prevent genetically modified organisms (GMOS) from escaping into the wild. This technique is a powerful breath through in the mission to build stable, synthetic life forms. Essentially, the method that was created will consist of inserting a self-destruct mechanism into bacteria. The cells that carry an alternative genetic code will make them dependent on an artificial nutrient not available in nature. If scientists stop supplying the bacteria with an unnatural amino acid synthesizer in a laboratory, the bacteria then dies. George Church, a genetics professor at Harvard Medical school oversaw one of the studies that was published Wednesday in the journal Nature, and compered the study to putting GMOS n a leash. The ability to alter an organisms genetic composition has been entertained one long by scientists and the plot of dozens of sci-fi movies and novels. It a concept that has always felt farfetched and dangerous, but scientists are actually on a path that is bringing them close. This new technique is one that will provide an extra security to scientists as they progress with the development and alteration of DNA. It a means by which to ensure that something made for one purpose does not mutate and spread wildly out of scientistscontrols o
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