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TechBear_Seattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 09:16 AM
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Synthetic life 'advance' reported
Synthetic life 'advance' reported

An important step has been taken in the quest to create a synthetic lifeform.

A US team reports in Science magazine how it built the entire DNA code of a common bacterium in the laboratory using blocks of genetic material.

The group hopes eventually to use engineered genomes to make organisms that can produce clean fuels and take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.


The article continues at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7203186.stm
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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-25-08 10:03 AM
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1. It's going to be interesting when that hardware sells for $99 at Cole Parmer.
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