Stalker was intrigued to see that Craig Venter the biologist and entrepreneur involved in the Human Genome project is setting out to create the first artificial life form on earth.
The one-time surfer and Vietnam veteran is using a mycoplasm as the template for this life form.
Readers may remember a note last year on what exactly mycoplasms are - Stalker's interest in them was peaked due to the fact that they appeared in advertising in The Mushroom People.
Venter's team described the synthesis of the entire genome of the bacterium Mycoplasma genitalium from laboratory chemicals.
This bug sounds more like something you find in a sweaty jockstrap, than a potential building block for a new life form and a potentially trillion dollar one at that.
The mind boggles - it's not exactly Dr. Frankenstein's monster, but some scientists are worried about the potential for letting loose a new life form before knowledge of its implications can even be guessed at.
Better ring JFM, order some Prophyl and go round and zap the little blighter in the Petri dish.
