[ExI] The coming meme wars

[David Lubkin]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120928103802.htm
Bioengineers Introduce 'Bi-Fi' -- The Biological 'Internet'

>Using the virus, Ortiz and Endy have created a biological mechanism 
>to send genetic messages from cell to cell. The system greatly 
>increases the complexity and amount of data that can be communicated 
>between cells and could lead to greater control of biological 
>functions within cell communities. The advance could prove a boon to 
>bioengineers looking to create complex, multicellular communities 
>that work in concert to accomplish important biological functions.

I see how this could be very useful, but I keep flashing to Stephen
Baxter's One True.


-- David.