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Subject: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Gis on 10/16/07 at 7:53 am

No really I got an email telling me so! See below.

Dear Dr. Collins,

If you are looking at the ways to spend less time on repetitive and tedious cloning and mutagenesis and more on important research, then GenScript can provide the answer: We offer quality custom gene synthesis at very competitive prices starting as low as $0.66 per base pair. Send us the sequence and receive your custom gene in just 12 business days.

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: La Roche on 10/16/07 at 7:55 am

Can you.. like... make it so my arm is a claw?

Is that all to do with gene's and stuff?

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Tia on 10/16/07 at 7:55 am

dude, i hate it when my clones start piling up like those little brooms in fantasia, thank god for this guy.

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/16/07 at 7:56 am

Send us the sequence of what?

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Gis on 10/16/07 at 7:59 am


Send us the sequence of what?
I wish I knew!

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/16/07 at 8:01 am

I find the word "mutagenesis" curious, do we know what it means?

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Tia on 10/16/07 at 8:03 am


I find the word "mutagenesis" curious, do we know what it means?
rice cube probably does. to me it just sounds like an anime movie or something.

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: karen on 10/16/07 at 8:08 am


I find the word "mutagenesis" curious, do we know what it means?


deliberately altering a DNA sequence to get a beneficial effect

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Tia on 10/16/07 at 8:10 am


deliberately altering a DNA sequence to get a beneficial effect
yeah, that's what i meant. :P

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/16/07 at 8:12 am


deliberately altering a DNA sequence to get a beneficial effect
I had a feeling it would something about the DNA, is it worth it Googling?

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: karen on 10/16/07 at 8:12 am


I had a feeling it would something about the DNA, is it worth it Googling?


that's how I checked my answer!  :D

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: whistledog on 10/16/07 at 9:30 am

Custom gene ?  Are they talking about genetics, or people named Gene? :D

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: CatwomanofV on 10/16/07 at 11:31 am

OOh, I want it. I want it. Where can I buy it? Or do I have to keep checking to see if it pops up on eBay?



Cat

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/16/07 at 11:40 am


Custom gene ?  Are they talking about genetics, or people named Gene? :D
Gene is a customer?

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: La Roche on 10/16/07 at 3:39 pm


deliberately altering a DNA sequence to get a beneficial effect


Can you make my arm mutantagenerous so it turns in to a claw.. or a sword.. or a gun.. or.. like.. a blowtorch or something, something kickass!

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/16/07 at 4:24 pm


Can you make my arm mutantagenerous so it turns in to a claw.. or a sword.. or a gun.. or.. like.. a blowtorch or something, something kickass!
Something like this?

http://www.movieconnect.co.uk/Images/actors/AmericanWerewolfInLondon.jpg

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/17/07 at 4:16 am

Can you like re-do my genes?  I'm not especially pleased with the placement of mine.  I've got too many ailments and I would like to be way more cuter then I already am.  ;D 

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/17/07 at 4:27 am

Was Captain Hook the first mutagenesis?

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Howard on 10/17/07 at 6:13 am

What custom gene? ???

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Gis on 10/18/07 at 8:10 am

I just love the idea of repetative and tedious cloning!

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: karen on 10/18/07 at 8:12 am


I just love the idea of repetative and tedious cloning!


Yeah,  Aren't you bored with cloning yet?  I know I am ::)

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/07 at 12:46 pm

Should we all re-watch The Boys From Brazil so that we can understand this cloning more?

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Howard on 10/18/07 at 1:21 pm

It would be fun to have 2 of us running around,One stays at home while the other works. ;D

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: karen on 10/18/07 at 1:31 pm


It would be fun to have 2 of us running around,One stays at home while the other works. ;D


You need a Duplicator a la Calvin and Hobbes

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Howard on 10/18/07 at 1:52 pm


You need a Duplicator a la Calvin and Hobbes





Does It work?  ;D

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/07 at 1:54 pm


It would be fun to have 2 of us running around,One stays at home while the other works. ;D
I could do with one of those.

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Howard on 10/18/07 at 1:57 pm


I could do with one of those.



Would it be hard to manage 2 Philips? ;D

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/07 at 2:02 pm



Would it be hard to manage 2 Philips? ;D
It would be simple, one could stay online and the other sleeps or works, then we will swap over.

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 10/19/07 at 3:39 am

Maybe do a third Philip so he can go turn the cheddar (at last!)  ;D

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/19/07 at 4:51 am


Maybe do a third Philip so he can go turn the cheddar (at last!)   ;D
Now that would be a task for the twin.

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Howard on 10/19/07 at 6:47 am


It would be simple, one could stay online and the other sleeps or works, then we will swap over.


What if one of you got into an arguement,Would you be punching yourself? ??? ;D

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/19/07 at 6:49 am


What if one of you got into an arguement,Would you be punching yourself? ??? ;D
I would make that I would not be in that position in the first place.

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Howard on 10/19/07 at 1:24 pm

I'd love to have 2 of me but that would be difficult on my girlfriend's part.  ;D

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/19/07 at 1:27 pm

I could with another twin right now.

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Howard on 10/19/07 at 1:32 pm


I could be with another twin right now.


So Would I,Where would my twin be? ;D

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 10/21/07 at 11:25 pm

Can you splice my genes so I can grow a huge pair of bat wings on my back?

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Howard on 10/22/07 at 2:42 pm

I want my twin to work a 40 hour week while I work a 20 hour week. ;D

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/07 at 1:54 pm

This genetics has worn off for a week, has any noticed any change to their body structure?

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Howard on 10/29/07 at 4:11 pm


This genetics has worn off for a week, has any noticed any change to their body structure?


No Phil,not a bit.

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/07 at 4:41 am


No Phil,not a bit.
...but do genetics wear off in the Half Life Effect?

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Howard on 11/13/07 at 6:38 am


...but do genetics wear off in the Half Life Effect?


I'm not sure.  ???

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/07 at 6:45 am


I'm not sure.  ???
The biological half-life of a substance is the time required for half of that substance to be removed from an organism by either a physical or a chemical process.

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: bookmistress4ever on 11/14/07 at 2:52 am

I would like to put a request in for a brain transplant please.  I cannot seem to concentrate on anything lately.  Maybe I just need my concentration module readjusted.  ;D

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/07 at 2:55 am


I would like to put a request in for a brain transplant please.  I cannot seem to concentrate on anything lately.  Maybe I just need my concentration module readjusted.  ;D
Would it have to be a regenerated brain, or would you settle for some one else's?

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Howard on 11/14/07 at 7:15 am


Would it have to be a regenerated brain, or would you settle for some one else's?



I wouldn't want someone else's brain.

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/07 at 7:34 am



I wouldn't want someone else's brain.
That is true, you might not know what it contains.

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Howard on 11/14/07 at 7:35 am


That is true, you might not know what it contains.


or if that person had brain damage or not.

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/07 at 7:38 am


or if that person had brain damage or not.
Similar to buying a second-hand computer, it may still contain something nasty.

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Howard on 11/14/07 at 7:41 am


Similar to buying a second-hand computer, it may still contain something nasty.


see,that's why you don't know.

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/07 at 7:53 am


see,that's why you don't know.
I think it is to be best left well alone.

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: karen on 11/14/07 at 7:55 am

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Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/07 at 7:57 am


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I do not want his.

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Gis on 11/14/07 at 11:10 am

They are still sending me some fascinating emails about genetic medical stuff..........

Subject: Re: Trust me I'm a doctor........

Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/07 at 11:13 am


They are still sending me some fascinating emails about genetic medical stuff..........
Are any of them printable?

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