tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post1459292327432955388..comments2023-10-20T07:52:16.424+00:00Comments on Journalology: Science hype it upMatt Hodgkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02376788922895957748noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919517653892378810.post-5003338869963644572007-06-30T12:57:00.000+00:002007-06-30T12:57:00.000+00:00I agree that it is too hyped up. Venter's work as ...I agree that it is too hyped up. Venter's work as tendency to propagate well. Still, it is a very interesting experiment. It does facilitate the engineering of Mycoplasma cells. They should be able now to order oligos, stitch the genome together and boot up a new Mycoplasma cell. There are probably several limitations regarding proper cell-division elements in the genome that might not be too obvious and they might hit a lot of "bugs" along the way.<BR/>The hype also has the positive side effect of attracting more non-scientists to science. Like Barabasi's overly hyped power laws had the positive effect of getting a lot more people from physics into biology.Pedro Beltraohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12177733941831975048noreply@blogger.com