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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Chow / Science Cheer Up, Sad Face: Eat Some Prozac Yogurt

Posted by on Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 3:42 PM

Bio-engineer Tuur van Balen shows us how to "hack" yogurt so we can make our own genetically-modified Prozac-flavored treat at home (assuming you have a centrifuge and an electroporator, which, he notes, "You can buy off eBay").

He could probably make a killing selling that stuff here in the Northwest this time of year.

Also, my new favorite sentence is: "Last year I did a project in which I created a bacteria that when you feed it to pigeons it makes the pigeons shit soap."

This guy is awesome.

 

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I don't think he's read enough science fiction to realize how this will turn out.
Posted by DNash on February 15, 2012 at 4:01 PM
2

Ice nine is coming, followed by self-replicating pudding.
Posted by PastDue on February 15, 2012 at 6:33 PM
Danger 3
Welcome to molecular biology 101. Also, if you aren't perfectly sterile and/or use the wrong medium (hint: agar isn't actually a medium) this can be pretty dangerous.
Posted by Danger on February 15, 2012 at 6:35 PM
4
@2 If there's nobody left to eat the pudding, is it still dessert?
Posted by Brooklyn Reader on February 15, 2012 at 7:41 PM
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@4 Well, it is the last course....
Posted by PastDue on February 15, 2012 at 8:05 PM
venomlash 6
@4: http://oglaf.com/croquembouche/ (caution, cartoon wang)
Posted by venomlash on February 15, 2012 at 9:20 PM
Foghorn Leghorn 7
I can just see the explanation in the emergency room now: "Well I was hacking yogurt to express Prozac..." What a fascinating modern age we live in.
Posted by Foghorn Leghorn on February 16, 2012 at 8:37 AM
Timrrr 8
@1: He's made STUFF!!!
Posted by Timrrr on February 16, 2012 at 9:03 AM

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