They can't do it;), my friend (Anson Parker) owns a patent:
http://www.google.com/patents/US20090042974
"It is the ambition and intention of authors that tactical usage of this broad-sweeping technique may rapidly and at low cost satisfy a global demand in what may be termed a “grass-roots” bio-engineering project worthy of the 3rd Millennium; bringing to fruition micro-mass-productivity. "
And he still makes the news: http://www.c-ville.com/ansons-crawl-city-council-candidate-d...