Talk:Mutagen Mass/@comment-74.100.129.141-20140214000320/@comment-98.89.19.53-20150530174354

1) You CAN get masses in OD missions, not just samples.  I've run probably 40+ ODEs and only gotten a Mass once, but it can happen.  They're much more common in ODD, thought even then maybe only a third of the missions at 20+ minutes.

2) You still have to research it because what gets researched is a BLUEPRINT to BUILD a Mutagen Mass in your Foundry in your Liset.  Having in your posession a finished product does not magically imbue you with knowledge of how to create one.

For example, my mother has an iPhone 6 in her hand right this moment. She does not, however, have the knowledge to do so much as replace the battery, much less build one from components or even raw materials.

That's what you're researching in the Bio Lab - how to build them, from parts.