You don't have to be Isaac Asimov...

To see the possible adverse consequences here...

A team of U.S. scientists is reporting that it has constructed the genome of a living organism for the first time.

Its proponents envision making micro-organisms that gobble up pollution, produce hard-to-make drugs, pump out clean energy, or, at the whimsical end, flowers designed to bloom on your birthday.

Or a bacteria that eats plastic... or human flesh.

I'm just sayin'... let's be careful out there.

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