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Published online 19 November 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news011122-4
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Conjugation between bacterial and mammalian cells
Bacteria caught mating with mammalian cells.
Cross-species coupling is generally frowned upon. But in the liberal labs of California it is actively being encouraged.
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