2:16 PM
"But how would I find the gene sequence? Simple. I went to the Web site of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (no password required) and downloaded the DNA sequence for a 770-base pair gene called the Enhanced Cyan Fluorescent Protein. That’s what Brent wanted me to program into my yeast. It took me about 15 minutes to find. Far easier to track down was the 200,000-base pair sequence for smallpox. Only two known samples of smallpox exist; the blueprints are free online."

If you think Pandora's Box isn't yawning open already, go over to Bioware for Dummies and prepare for the most fascinating (and more than a little unsettling) thing you'll read all week (via Boing Boing.)