Scientists design "suicide switches" to ensure lab-made organisms don't go rogue (2017). Bald’s Leechbook (the 10th century)

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From the 10th century, this remarkable manuscript is named after its first owner, Bald, an Anglo-Saxon physician. Bald’s Leechbook is a compilation of everything then known about medicine.

One remedy against snakebite prescribes drinking the herb betony mixed with wine; another recommends smearing earwax on the wound while reciting a prayer. Some of the potions were very effective; one has even been proven to combat the MRSA bacterium.

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The kill switches ensure that only bacteria with intact synthetic gene circuits survive.

Scientists design "suicide switches" to ensure lab-made organisms don't go rogue

Scientists have created kill switches in bacteria that cause them to commit suicide in laboratory conditions when they are not wanted anymore.

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