Talk:Magnetotactic bacteria and their application

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Jessie Griffith - Nice work, Grant! I really enjoyed reading your page on Magnetotactic bacteria. The part of the page that I found the most interesting was definitely the last section where you really get into how humans can harness the power of these microbes to benefit scientific processes like DNA extraction and potentially even helping to deal with cancer. The section about cancer really got me thinking though; if the magnetosomes are becoming superheated once they have diffused into the cells and that is what causes them to destroy the cells, what is the likelihood that some magnetosomes will diffuse into regular cells and destroy those as well? Have there been any studies on scar tissue formation from burning out the cells, and if so, is there potential for these burned cells to become cancerous in it of themselves? Just a few things that came to my mind when I was reading this. Overall, this is a high quality page that is well written and fun to learn about. Great job!