New organisms have been formed using the first ever 6-letter genetic code

Re:New organisms have been formed using the first ever 6-let... by singularity2001 on Sunday January 29, 2017 @09:24AM (#13514226)

"create organisms with wholly unnatural attributes and traits not found elsewhere in nature" I'd argue that this shouldn't add anything categorically new, just like switching from 32 to 64 bit programs doesn't change the world.

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Re:New organisms have been formed using the first ever 6-let... by m000z0rz on Sunday January 29, 2017 @03:38PM (#13516472)

If future work can add new artificial amino acids mapped that can be specified using the new base pairs, then it would be adding something categorically new - but still seems pretty far off.

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Re:New organisms have been formed using the first ever 6-let... by Neliquat on Sunday January 29, 2017 @10:42AM (#13514567)

Maybe not "new" in a systems perspective, but new outcomes thanks to being able to control the system.

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Re:New organisms have been formed using the first ever 6-let... by rmah on Sunday January 29, 2017 @01:03PM (#13515570)

This is less like 32bit to 64bit and more like moving from binary to trinary logic.

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Re:New organisms have been formed using the first ever 6-let... by lorenzhs on Sunday January 29, 2017 @03:02PM (#13516242)

Well binary and ternary number systems can express the same numbers, they just do it in a different way. I don't think there's a good computer analogy here.

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Re:New organisms have been formed using the first ever 6-let... by jcoffland on Sunday January 29, 2017 @02:09PM (#13515947)

Even more like a move from 4bit to 6bit logic.

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Re:New organisms have been formed using the first ever 6-let... by mikeash on Sunday January 29, 2017 @02:11PM (#13515956)

Which also wouldn't do anything remarkable.

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