What if you spit it out? Or what about french-kissing someone, can you give this bacteria to the other person that way?
Yes I believe that would happen if it outcompetes “native” non-gmo bacteria.
Gene-Engineered Mouth Bacteria
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Re: Gene-Engineered Mouth Bacteria
#42This is certainly an interesting idea, but there's absolutely no way for anyone to judge whether the claim on this page is bulletproof true, something plausible worth researching more, or just total nonsense. But the fact that there isn't a single link to any scientific paper or evidence whatsoever, or even a single person's name linked to the site (or source of funding or anything ), makes me assume this is just spa…
https://www.bizapedia.com/ca/lantern-bioworks-inc.html has something:
"LANTERN BIOWORKS, INC. is a California Non-Profit Corporation - Ca - Public Benefit filed on January 4, 2023. The company's filing status is listed as Active and its File Number is 5412825.
The Registered Agent on file for this company is Tovella Dowling, PC and is located at 501 W Broadway Suite 1310, San Diego, CA 92101. The company's principal address is 501 W Broadway Ste 1310, San Diego, CA 92101 and its mailing address is 501 W Broadway Ste 1310, San Diego, CA 92101.
The company has 3 contacts on record. The contacts are Aaron Silverbook from San Diego CA, Connor Flexman from San Diego CA, and Nick Mossakowski from San Diego CA.
Re: Gene-Engineered Mouth Bacteria
#43Great except for the ethanol thing...
The amounts produced are tiny. See the safety FAQ here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mDJCTO2QySmQOZQcajYReDCA...
The quantities are too small to make you drunk, but does it increase your risk of mouth cancer to have this in your mouth all day every day?
Re: Gene-Engineered Mouth Bacteria
#44What if you spit it out? Or what about french-kissing someone, can you give this bacteria to the other person that way?
The FAQ in the google drive linked on the page tries to answer these questions.
Will this spread to everyone I kiss?
It’s very unlikely in non-immunocompromised adults. However, if you’re concerned, you should avoid kissing anyone taking oral antibiotics, or children.
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
> It is possible to genetically engineer Streptococcus mutans, the dominant human mouth bacteria, to produce ethanol instead of cavity-causing lactic acid I hope it's in such small quantities that it wouldn't cause any alcoholic effects? Nonetheless, such a simple website with short and concise copy. Wasn't expecting that for a biotech startup. Hope it works, cavities suck!
Auto-brewery syndrome! https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/oct-26-2019-world-s-loudest-...
This is hilarious.
"a walking brewerey".
https://i0.wp.com/thebeerthrillers.com/wp-content/uploads/20...
Plus, the first sentence.
>Michelle Giannotto knew something was wrong with her husband Donato after he had an infection following a simple nose surgery.
Not being mean, just fun to say.
Edit: not at all funny and irrelevant, apparently.
Re: Gene-Engineered Mouth Bacteria
#47This is certainly an interesting idea, but there's absolutely no way for anyone to judge whether the claim on this page is bulletproof true, something plausible worth researching more, or just total nonsense. But the fact that there isn't a single link to any scientific paper or evidence whatsoever, or even a single person's name linked to the site (or source of funding or anything ), makes me assume this is just spa…
It seems hard to believe the ethanol producing bacterial strain would dominate your oral microbione for life from one application. But I’m willing to have an open mind and see some data.
They need to get the data off of the Google drive and presented in a better way. I don’t click unknown Google drive links if I can avoid it.
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#48From the pitch deck in their linked Google Drive it looks like the patent on the original strain expired and their whole idea is to create a slightly different strain they can patent again and sell for 20k/dose.
Not quite as altruistic as their initial framing makes it seem...
Cool concept though!
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
Interesting product, but the site has one of the worst GDPR controls ive seen - silently redirects to Google if you attempt to view the site from an EU IP address. Thought my computer is going nuts
Not just EU, Switzerland too. That tells me everything I need to know, the site owner simply wants to steal my personal data and use it against me.
Surely that’s the reason and not the EU penalty for simply storing cookies “without consent” being so severe as to practically negate the value of EU citizens on the internet.
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#50Doing a couple Google/Twitter searches for this company it's pretty obvious it's coming out of the Berkeley-area EA/rationalist cluster, which automatically makes me pretty skeptical. These people don't exactly have a stellar track record of medical startups (recall all the hype around MetaMed, which delivered precisely nothing).