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<h2>The future</h2> | <h2>The future</h2> | ||
<h4>What is to come</h4> | <h4>What is to come</h4> | ||
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| + | <b>Marty McFly:</b> “What about all that talk about screwing up future events? The space-time continuum?” | ||
| + | <b>Dr. Emmett Brown:</b> “Well, I figured, what the hell.” | ||
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The stated goal of our project was to prove the concept - that it was indeed possible to have E. coli produce rubber. Although not a part of the project, we have also considered the possibilities and challenges a continuation of our project would bring. | The stated goal of our project was to prove the concept - that it was indeed possible to have E. coli produce rubber. Although not a part of the project, we have also considered the possibilities and challenges a continuation of our project would bring. | ||
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The future
What is to come
Marty McFly: “What about all that talk about screwing up future events? The space-time continuum?” Dr. Emmett Brown: “Well, I figured, what the hell.”
The stated goal of our project was to prove the concept - that it was indeed possible to have E. coli produce rubber. Although not a part of the project, we have also considered the possibilities and challenges a continuation of our project would bring.
The next steps would be to optimize the bacterial rubber production. Then, if resources were available, a scale production could be tested. The bacteria would be cultivated in a big container, possibly underground to not take up arable land, and rubber synthesis would be induced. At the appropriate time - after bacteria die from rubber poisoning - rubber would be available to harvest, and the system would be ready to make a new batch.
