Scientists Have Invented Pills ... Again

These pills are special Jack in the Beanstalk pills and not at all like the pills Mother gives you which don't do anything.  With these pills, you add water and they start making proteins for whatever medical purpose may be necessary.  (Science Daily:  To produce biopharmaceuticals on demand, just add water)

The science of this one is way past my pay grade but, well, sorting socks is beyond my pay grade in my present regrettable circumstance.

The pellets, which contain dozens of enzymes and other molecules extracted from cells, can be stored for an extended period of time at room temperature. Upon the addition of water and freeze-dried DNA, the pellets begin producing proteins encoded by the DNA.

"It's a modular system that can be programmed to make what you need, on the spot," says James Collins, the Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering and Science in MIT's Department of Biological Engineering and Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES). "You could have hundreds of different DNA pellets you can add in the field."

- Science Daily

Unknown why they should be reluctant to call them pills and they're too tiny to be pills as we know them but the definition should be flexible enough as a 'small, inanimate thing for medical purposes.'

How about we let your twisted minds run wild with the idea of freeze-dried DNA since maybe Elon Musk can send his Dragon to Mars with a colony in a test tube.  Just add water ... if you can find any.

(Ed:  no, no, go to Europa.  That's where NASA discovered signs of life!)

Um, Dagwood, that's where Twitter said NASA found signs of life but NASA hasn't held the press conference yet.  Of one thing we're sure, if NASA does find signs of life, it won't be on Twitter.

Here's a summary of Twitter comments about Europa.  Behold the magnificence.  (RT:  ‘Surprising Jupiter activity’: What will NASA reveal? (POLL))

Note:  NASA is to hold a press conference today about 'surprising activity' on Europa.