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Technology Chat => New Technology, Science etc ... => Topic started by: Data on May 21, 2010, 11:44:17 AM

Title: Scientists create life
Post by: Data on May 21, 2010, 11:44:17 AM
Scientists in the US have succeeded in developing the first living cell to be controlled entirely by synthetic DNA.

More Here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/science_and_environment/10132762.stm)
Title: Re: Scientists create life
Post by: Snowcrash on May 21, 2010, 12:02:38 PM
Brave new world here we come.

Note, this is synthetic DNA put into an existing cell. No one has created a synthetic cell, yet.

This was covered in one of the podcasts I listen to this week. Can't rem which one.
See podcast thread.
Title: Re: Scientists create life
Post by: Snowcrash on June 03, 2010, 20:25:35 PM
This life is called synthia and is doing well.

It is covered best in the naked scientist podcast available here (http://www.datahopa.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,58.0.html)

16th and 23rd May 2010 episodes.
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