From wiki:
In 2002 researchers at SUNY Stony Brook succeeded in synthesizing poliovirus from its chemical code, producing the world's first synthetic virus.[48] Scientists first converted poliovirus's published RNA sequence, 7741 bases long, into a DNA sequence, as DNA was easier to synthesize. Short fragments of this DNA sequence were obtained by mail-order, and assembled. The complete viral genome was then assembled by a gene synthesis company. This whole painstaking process took two years. Nineteen markers were incorporated into the synthesized DNA, so that it could be distinguished from natural poliovirus. Enzymes were used to convert the DNA back into RNA, its natural state. Other enzymes were then used to translate the RNA into a polypeptide, producing functional viral particle. The newly minted synthetic virus was injected into PVR transgenic mice, to determine if the synthetic version was able to cause disease. The synthetic virus was able to replicate, infect, and cause paralysis or death in mice. However, the synthetic version was between 1,000 and 10,000 times less lethal than the original virus.[49]


Alright, i'm man enough to admit when i've been wrong. Man science is fucking awesome, it really pisses me off that scientology is actually a bunch of whack-jobs who worship aliens, cuz if anyone were ever going to start a religion based on science that would be the obvious name.

Science damn them! we have perfectly good bellies for this!

You are, at that.

And science is fucking awesome. No matter how deep you go there is always another mystery, waiting to be unraveled.

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th' only knower of th' cosmic mysteries alive at this time

Ham

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Do you believe yet?