FARK.com: (6910258) I know it sounds a corny and a bit nutty, but scientists have developed a special type of bacteria that changes the color of human excrement to let them know exactly what ails you

		I know it sounds a corny and a bit nutty, but scientists have developed a special type of bacteria that changes the color of human excrement to let them know exactly what ails you (dailymail.co.uk)		53
		More: Interesting, bacteria, human feces, synthetic biology, complex network, E. coli, Cambridge University, illness, enzymes

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Ennuipoet

2012-01-30 08:32:01 AM

This is relevant to this thread.^

Winning

2012-01-30 08:57:33 AM

First thing I thought of.

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basemetal

2012-01-30 09:02:27 AM

poop thread!

Winning

2012-01-30 09:10:51 AM

Will we be asked to not eat anything with a lot of food coloring? I ask cause about a year ago I ate about 20 airheads in one sitting and everything came out green.

elvisaintdead

2012-01-30 09:19:52 AM

Winning: Will we be asked to not eat anything with a lot of food coloring? I ask cause about a year ago I ate about 20 airheads in one sitting and everything came out green.

basemetal:~~poop~~ bukkake thread!

give me doughnuts

2012-01-30 09:19:55 AM

Something something unicorns (insert pic of unicorn-boy).

notmtwain

2012-01-30 09:27:49 AM

What a fascinating invention. The question is-- will it end up changing our lives.. or just add something fun to student art project?

// And what happens when the bacteria propagates in the wild and the whole world is E. chromified?

CommieTaoist

2012-01-30 09:38:14 AM

Polka-dots...that can't be good...well, at least it's not plaid.

give me doughnuts

2012-01-30 09:38:31 AM

notmtwain: What a fascinating invention. The question is-- will it end up changing our lives.. or just add something fun to student art project?

// And what happens when the bacteria propagates in the wild and the whole world is E. chromified?

The same thing that has happened every time an engineered strain of E. coli has been inadvertently released into "the wild." Nothing.

RexTalionis

2012-01-30 09:38:35 AM

Approves

/Not sure if obscure.

notmtwain

2012-01-30 09:53:54 AM

give me doughnuts: notmtwain: What a fascinating invention. The question is-- will it end up changing our lives.. or just add something fun to student art project?

// And what happens when the bacteria propagates in the wild and the whole world is E. chromified?

The same thing that has happened every time an engineered strain of E. coli has been inadvertently released into "the wild." Nothing.

Every time an engineered strain of E. coli has been inadvertently released? Tell us more.

vudukungfu

2012-01-30 10:43:50 AM

I think Drew will get rich on this.
Didn't he trademark pooping rainbows?

tnpir

2012-01-30 11:33:43 AM

Lone Stranger

2012-01-30 12:16:28 PM

Kodachrome... gives you the nice bright colors....

Lone Stranger

2012-01-30 12:20:15 PM

This and the Bristol Stool Scale will be all you need to make most colorectal diagnosis.

eas81

2012-01-30 12:24:31 PM

Come on Farkers your slipping:

www.thegreatcornholio.com

timujin

2012-01-30 12:27:42 PM

I read an article a while back about some grad students that were working with e coli, which smells like poop. Tired of the scent, they genetically engineered it to smell like wintergreen while it was growing. Then, so they didn't have to monitor it so closely, they engineered it to smell like bananas once it was done growing.

All I want to know is how long it'll be before I can have farts that smell like wintergreen.

/it's for the good of all mankind.

Weigard

2012-01-30 12:32:30 PM

It's called "chunks of corn" and if you have them in your excrement, you have a disease known as "being a big dumb Midwestern fark."

Arkanaut

2012-01-30 12:36:36 PM

Shiatmus test?

Nuclear Monk

2012-01-30 12:39:10 PM

I can't wait until the people responsible for naming interior paint colors get involved with this.

protectyourlimbs

2012-01-30 12:39:48 PM

Yeah, whole new meaning to the words mood ring...

cgraves67

2012-01-30 12:42:34 PM

This is all part of Obama's master plan for rainbow-farting unicorns. It still needs more development, of course, and mutant horses.

dennysgod

2012-01-30 12:47:13 PM

Arkanaut: Shiatmus test?

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The_Time_Master

2012-01-30 12:47:46 PM

Weigard: It's called "chunks of corn" and if you have them in your excrement, you have a disease known as "being a big dumb Midwestern fark."

Your mother still likes it when I pull her hair during sex.

chewielouie

2012-01-30 12:49:32 PM

dajoro

2012-01-30 12:55:07 PM

Ebenator

2012-01-30 01:19:53 PM

Eat a few bowls of Boo Berry and watch what happens.

Mildot

2012-01-30 01:31:51 PM

usually, that my shait does indeed stink.

TF2_Pyro

2012-01-30 01:34:08 PM

Lone Stranger: This and the Bristol Stool Scale will be all you need to make most colorectal diagnosis.

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Yeah, but what if you fluctuate between Type 1 and Type 6 everyday?

Pants full of macaroni!!

2012-01-30 01:34:09 PM

Ennuipoet: This is relevant to this thread.^

First thing that came to mind. Done in one.

/the rest, as they say, is gravy

KJUW89

2012-01-30 01:38:11 PM

Ennuipoet: This is relevant to this thread.^

First thing I thought of too...

rogue49

2012-01-30 02:00:13 PM

ooo...Rainbows!!

/maybe I shouldn't have combined that pot, shroom, LSD, ecstasy last night...it does something to my poo.

Fizpez

2012-01-30 02:25:27 PM

Can you imagine being a doctor if this was OTC?

"Doc, doc.... my poop, its purple! That means I'm dying doesn't it?!? Oh GOD please tell me I'm not dying...."

And every crazy patient can be counted on to bring a bag of poop to their next appointment to discuss the color....

colon_pow

2012-01-30 02:27:41 PM

milk-chocolate color
2/3 submerged
tapered on both ends

good to go.

CommieTaoist

2012-01-30 02:32:05 PM

Fizpez:And every crazy patient can be counted on to bring a bag of poop to their next appointment to discuss the color....

I'm imagining a huge wall-mounted color index display like they have at paint stores in the waiting room.

"Let's see, 'Tidewater' - nothing to worry about, but call me if it gets to 'Cape Verde'."

Theory Of Null

2012-01-30 03:32:53 PM

I don't think the color green is a good color for the most serious one. Green stool is pretty common in people who digest food too fast.

Fish in a Barrel

2012-01-30 03:35:15 PM

RexTalionis: [lifestylelaboratory.com image 300x414]
Approves

/Not sure if obscure.

Kellogg?

hogans

2012-01-30 03:59:41 PM

Winning: Will we be asked to not eat anything with a lot of food coloring? I ask cause about a year ago I ate about 20 airheads in one sitting and everything came out green.

One day I ate nothing but potato salad and black raspberry ice cream. My stool was an almost luminescent green, and almost made me think I broke something.

buckler

2012-01-30 04:00:26 PM

Interesting. So far, this phenomenon has been useful in telling me I've had quite a bit of blue Powerade.

RexTalionis

2012-01-30 04:10:27 PM

Fish in a Barrel: RexTalionis: [lifestylelaboratory.com image 300x414]
Approves

/Not sure if obscure.

Kellogg?

Ding. Well done. See? Nothing is obscure on Fark.

TV's Vinnie

2012-01-30 04:23:09 PM

I have known about this substance for a long time. It's called "grape soda".

tillerman35

2012-01-30 04:34:37 PM

So when little Billy asks you "why is Grampa dying?" you can tell him: "Purple. Grampa is dying from Purple. And it's your fault because Purple is your favorite color!"

Also, it would be fun to take this stuff and then mess with my gastroenterologist by drinking a glass of purple food coloring. He'd be all sad-faced and say "Mr. Tillerman35, I have some bad news for you. It seems you might have stomach ulcers. The worst case I've ever seen. Frankly, nobody here is sure how you're still alive."

Then I'd laugh and laugh when I tell him "April fools! It was really colorectal cancer!"

Tax Boy

2012-01-30 04:46:58 PM

protectyourlimbs: Yeah, whole new meaning to the words mood ring...

poo'd ring?

Elzar

2012-01-30 04:53:06 PM

RexTalionis: Fish in a Barrel: RexTalionis: [lifestylelaboratory.com image 300x414]
Approves

/Not sure if obscure.

Kellogg?

Ding. Well done. See? Nothing is obscure on Fark.

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William Lightbody: Oh, no, no, I can't eat fifteen gallons of yoghurt.
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg: Oh, it's not going in that end, Mr. Lightbody.

RandomExcess

2012-01-30 04:57:04 PM

It does not sound strange or odd, it sounds like a cool idea.

AnotherOldFart

2012-01-30 05:01:55 PM

APPROVES !!!!
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