Synthetic DNA on the Brink of Yielding New Life Forms
Synthetic DNA on the Brink of Yielding New Life Forms
Washington Post Dec. 17, 2007
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Researchers are poised to cross a
dramatic barrier: the creation of
life forms driven by completely
artificial DNA. Scientists in
Maryland have already built the
world's first entirely handcrafted
chromosome, containing all the
instructions a microbe needs to live
and reproduce. Some experts are
worried that a few maverick
companies are...
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