It would take a fairly advanced lab to make it. But it would be very irresponsible for a number of reasons. For a start, we only went as far as testing it on mice. To use it in the human body would be playing with fire.

If somebody has copied the substance and is not very careful with the regulation of the genes, then using the substance would be extremely dangerous.

We didn't develop it any further. So it simply remains in the fridge. And we maintain very close controls, so I'd be extremely surprised if anything we made got on to the black market.

It's getting to be a fairly old spacecraft and it's been having a number of issues; none of them are considered life-threatening,

This number is very startling. It is the preliminary, so it is subject to fairly substantive revision. These numbers may translate into earnings risk, but may also dissuade an aggressive Federal Reserve. The chain deflator was higher than expected, which may take the steam out of our rally. This may dampen enthusiasm, but not kill it.

This is irresponsible policy,