"In a news cycle dominated by Paris Hilton and the Apple iPhone, Craig Venter
has announced the results of his lab's work on genome transplantation methods
that allows for the transformation of one type of bacteria into another,
dictated by the transplanted chromosome",
http://www.edge.org/documents/archive/edge215.html#jcv
"We are not just genetic animals.
My dangerous idea is that we're probably far more genetic animals
than society is willing to accept" (life, what a concept, edge.org)