• vote
    2
    5 starsWournos | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 06 2007 | news, science, artificial life, genome, WOW!
    US scientist to announce 'artificial life' breakthrough: report

    New Life Forms Now Created

    Quoted: PhysOrg news: US scientist to announce 'artificial life' breakthrough: report

    Craig Venter has built a synthetic chromosome using chemicals in his laboratory Britain's Guardian newspaper reported today!!!!!!!!!!!

    "he is to announce the discovery within weeks and could possibly unveil it as early as Monday.

    The breakthrough, which Venter hopes could help develop new energy sources to combat global warming, would be "a very important philosophical step in the history of our species."

    "We are going from reading our genetic code to the ability to write it. That gives us the hypothetical ability to do things never contemplated before," he added.

    The chromosome which Venter and his team has created is known as Mycoplasma laboratorium and, in the final step of the process, will be transplanted into a living cell where it should "take control," effectively becoming a new life form."

    You must be Wuornos's friend before you can comment on this Fave.
    Send Wuornos a friend request or a personal message instead.

Related Faves from Wournos