Talk:BioShock 2 Multiplayer Plasmids

"ADAM is a canvas of genetic modification... but Plasmids are the paint."
"that introduce modified stem cells into the body, allowing for genetic modification and mutation"

This may need elaboration on as in the real world stem cells are cells which can be used to build tissue of varying kinds in the right place (somehow stimulated by adjacent tissues) which is why doctors are so interested in them  as they can repair largely destroyed tissue. They work off the existing genetic pattern of the individual (probably why the most promising research is for 'adult stem cells' - cells taken from the patient themselves and somehow made to revert to act as stem-cells to be used where needed.

Anyway, the stem-cell function of the Plasmids is matched by the genetic directives to modify the persons existing tissue into the structure/function the Plasmid if designed for  -- so it INCLUDES the genetic information also.

How much the ADAM is Stem-cells or causes existing tissue to function like stem-cells, the pattern data for the "genetic modification and mutation"  is included as a component of the Plasmid (and Tonics also).