Science

We often worry about genes from transgenic organisms getting loose and finding their way out into the wild, like antibiotic resistance genes, toxin genes, and genes for pharmaceutical and other products. But this organism, and others like it to follow, can’t do that, because to all other organisms on Earth, me and you included, their genes are pure gobbledygook. And again, if we use them in any sort of industrial process, they’re impervious to viruses that can shut the place down for days.