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A schizofrenic braindump, a stream of cyberpunk, post-cyberpunk, neopunk, futurism and sci-fi items, inspiration for my writing and game design. Usually managed by my trusty auto-posting AI residing in a possum-brain in my kitchen sink.

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October 7
0 | 7.10.2010 | 1 year ago |

“ The cell should sometimes be tricked into repairing the cut by splicing in the added DNA - a process known as homologous repair. In other words, the extra DNA is added exactly where you want it. Rumour has it that researchers at the biotech company Sigma-Aldrich are the first to use zinc fingers to achieve this in animals.
Just love the company name “Sigma-Aldrich”. Sounds like the cheesiest name possible for some B-rated DNA-horror flick. Quote from New Scientist article “Altered animals”.