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05-21-2010, 01:35 PM #1
Scientists Create First Cell Controlled by Synthetic Genome!
A Step Toward Artificial Life? Scientists Hope for New Vaccines and Biofuels; Others Worry
By Eric Bland
"It may not quite be "Frankenstein," but for the first time scientists have created an organism controlled by completely manmade DNA."
"Using the tools of synthetic biology, scientists from the J. Craig Venter Institute installed a completely artificial genome inside a host cell without DNA. Like the bolt of lightening that awakened Frankenstein, the new genome invigorated the host cell, which began to grow and reproduce, albeit with a few problems. "
More at : http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/sci...ry?id=10692639
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05-21-2010, 04:24 PM #2
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