http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007 ... ml?ref=rss
Just before you sick bastards click on this thinking it's sci fi porn, it's a report on the effect space travel has on bacterial mutation growth and toxicity/virulence, specifically salmonella.
Quote:
After the bacteria returned to Earth, the researchers examined the salmonella's gene and protein expression patterns, and their effect on virulence. Compared to the Earth-bound bacteria, the space-travelling Salmonella had changed expression of 167 genes.
Animal studies showed that bacteria flown in space were almost three times as likely to cause disease compared to control bacteria grown on the ground.
All I can say is irradiate, irradiate, irradiate.
