The cure for cancer developed in a garage lab?
Not just yet…
But it might be soon if Biohackers – amateurs who splice genes in homemade labs and Wikipedia’s help – get their way.
These Biohackers are usually tech professionals such as computer geeks, engineers etc but they do not have advanced degrees common to Biotech R&D folk.
Still, if you think about it, they’re the logical product of scientific knowledge easily available online, and the ease of obtaining materials and equipment – a set of DIY lab equipment and materials can cost less than US$125.
I really like the fact that they’re unfettered by scientific dogma and could potentially create some amazing things. For example, Meredith L. Patterson (see source) is trying to “develop yogurt bacteria that will glow green to signal the presence of melamine.”
She’s not successful yet, but it certainly has not deterred her from trying and tinkering.
And that’s what science should be, isn’t it?
Source: Yahoo! News
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