<story><title>Gene-Engineered Mouth Bacteria</title><url>https://www.lanternbioworks.com</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>crazygringo</author><text>This is certainly an interesting idea, but there&amp;#x27;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.&lt;p&gt;But the fact that there isn&amp;#x27;t a single link to any scientific paper or evidence whatsoever, or even a single person&amp;#x27;s name linked to the site (or source of funding or &lt;i&gt;anything&lt;/i&gt;), makes me assume this is just spam or a scam.&lt;p&gt;Apsec112, why did you submit this? How did you find it? Can you give us any context to suggest that anything about this is legit?&lt;p&gt;And anybody else -- are there actual published results from legit scientists on this? Is this a real thing, or just make-believe?&lt;p&gt;Because this is an extraordinary claim, and extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Not just 11 sentences.&lt;p&gt;Edit: I missed that at the very bottom of the page there&amp;#x27;s a link to a... Google Drive folder? [1] But it&amp;#x27;s disorganized and not exactly, well, professional. I can&amp;#x27;t make heads or tails of anything in it, or find anything that suggests credibility.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;drive.google.com&amp;#x2F;drive&amp;#x2F;u&amp;#x2F;0&amp;#x2F;folders&amp;#x2F;18ZDSe92LgLmS0sUbosvNxByii_1kjnEj&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;drive.google.com&amp;#x2F;drive&amp;#x2F;u&amp;#x2F;0&amp;#x2F;folders&amp;#x2F;18ZDSe92LgLmS0sUb...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>forgotpwd16</author><text>&amp;gt;are there actual published results from legit scientists on this?&lt;p&gt;The main papers referenced by document on the page are by JD Hillman on 1987[0] (et al) and 2002[1]. A layman review was done few years later by PopSci[2]. This specific site and company appear to have no relation to Hillman or Oragenics (co-founded by Hillman) that holds a patent on this[3,4].&lt;p&gt;[0]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;journals.sagepub.com&amp;#x2F;doi&amp;#x2F;abs&amp;#x2F;10.1177&amp;#x2F;00220345870660060101&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;journals.sagepub.com&amp;#x2F;doi&amp;#x2F;abs&amp;#x2F;10.1177&amp;#x2F;002203458706600...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;link.springer.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;10.1023&amp;#x2F;A:1020695902160&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;link.springer.com&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;10.1023&amp;#x2F;A:1020695902160&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.popsci.com&amp;#x2F;scitech&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;2008-01&amp;#x2F;germ-could-save-your-life&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.popsci.com&amp;#x2F;scitech&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;2008-01&amp;#x2F;germ-could-sa...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[3]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.oragenics.com&amp;#x2F;news-media&amp;#x2F;press-releases&amp;#x2F;detail&amp;#x2F;35&amp;#x2F;oragenics-receives-new-patent-for-improved-replacement&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.oragenics.com&amp;#x2F;news-media&amp;#x2F;press-releases&amp;#x2F;detail&amp;#x2F;3...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[4]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;patents.google.com&amp;#x2F;patent&amp;#x2F;US9260488B2&amp;#x2F;en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;patents.google.com&amp;#x2F;patent&amp;#x2F;US9260488B2&amp;#x2F;en&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Gene-Engineered Mouth Bacteria</title><url>https://www.lanternbioworks.com</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>crazygringo</author><text>This is certainly an interesting idea, but there&amp;#x27;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.&lt;p&gt;But the fact that there isn&amp;#x27;t a single link to any scientific paper or evidence whatsoever, or even a single person&amp;#x27;s name linked to the site (or source of funding or &lt;i&gt;anything&lt;/i&gt;), makes me assume this is just spam or a scam.&lt;p&gt;Apsec112, why did you submit this? How did you find it? Can you give us any context to suggest that anything about this is legit?&lt;p&gt;And anybody else -- are there actual published results from legit scientists on this? Is this a real thing, or just make-believe?&lt;p&gt;Because this is an extraordinary claim, and extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Not just 11 sentences.&lt;p&gt;Edit: I missed that at the very bottom of the page there&amp;#x27;s a link to a... Google Drive folder? [1] But it&amp;#x27;s disorganized and not exactly, well, professional. I can&amp;#x27;t make heads or tails of anything in it, or find anything that suggests credibility.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;drive.google.com&amp;#x2F;drive&amp;#x2F;u&amp;#x2F;0&amp;#x2F;folders&amp;#x2F;18ZDSe92LgLmS0sUbosvNxByii_1kjnEj&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;drive.google.com&amp;#x2F;drive&amp;#x2F;u&amp;#x2F;0&amp;#x2F;folders&amp;#x2F;18ZDSe92LgLmS0sUb...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>apsec112</author><text>Hi! These are friends of mine. There is much more detail in the Google Drive (linked from the About page): &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;drive.google.com&amp;#x2F;drive&amp;#x2F;u&amp;#x2F;2&amp;#x2F;folders&amp;#x2F;18ZDSe92LgLmS0sUbosvNxByii_1kjnEj&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;drive.google.com&amp;#x2F;drive&amp;#x2F;u&amp;#x2F;2&amp;#x2F;folders&amp;#x2F;18ZDSe92LgLmS0sUb...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>