• Question: What is the most interesting 'mutant' you've ever created and what was it made for?

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      Asked by scarlett to Lindsay, Daniela ? on 16 Jun 2016.
      • Photo: Lindsay Robinson

        Lindsay Robinson answered on 16 Jun 2016:

        Hi Scarlett.

        I’m a chemist so don’t deal with mutants at all. I synthesise drugs from simple chemical building blocks. These drugs are then tested in assays which do use mutant cell lines but I don’t really know many details.

        I have made a mutant ninja turtle from Lego for my nephew but I don’t think that really counts ?

      • Photo: Daniela Lobo

        Daniela Lobo answered on 16 Jun 2016:

        Hey Scarlett,

        Well, I have once made a virus that we named “the super farting phage” because it smelled so bad! This mutant had the ability to bind to antibodies that can recognise bad bacteria 🙂

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