I was shocked to read that now we need to be concerned not only with genetically modified
organisms that we can see, but code-transgressing organisms that are invisible.
Altering Escherichia coli in this way seems very dangerous. E. coli is found in every human
intestine and has a proven ability to swap genetic material with unrelated bacteria.
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