From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Thu Dec 28 2000 - 15:27:47 MST
"Robert J. Bradbury" <bradbury@aeiveos.com> writes:
> There is a Dentist(molecular biologist?), I believe from Florida,
> who has engineered a strain of Streptococcus mutans (the primary
> culprit in tooth decay along with Streptococcus sobrinus, so that
> it does not produce the decay causing lactic acid. I believe they are
> intending to take this to clinical trials. The strategy is to infect
> your mouth preferentially with the "good bacteria" so the bad
> bacteria have a harder time of it.
Sounds like a good idea. Are there any evolutionary tricks to make the
good strain remain ascendant in the mouth, or will you use regular
refills?
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