““be able to repair. But they’re doing it more smoothly. As if by design. That’s what was so astonishing when we saw it before. But the bacterium is different. These are replicating even faster. It’s as if once the DNA was infused into the genes of the bacteria, something happened.” “I don’t know if the Chinese changed something during their extraction process, even inadvertently. But if they did, it could explain the difference in cellular function. In fact, even if it wasn’t something during extraction, just the transfer from one life form to another could be enough to trigger a modification. Or a mutation. Even a single base pair””