Researchers Take Step Toward Synthetic Life
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Researchers say they have created the entire genome of a bacterium by stitching together its chemical components.
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Publications fulfils US' Human Genome commitment
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WALNUT CREEK, CA--The first genetic instruction manual of a diatom, from a family of microscopic ocean algae that are among the Earth&#39;s most prolific carbon dioxide assimilators, has yielded important insights on how the creature uses nitrogen, fats, and
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Genetically engineered mice outperform their naturally bred brethren
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Scientists have created a synthetic drug  which could offer new hope in the fight against malaria.
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Engineered E. coli proves efficient at churning out the biofuel.
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Science & environment: Italian scientist takes vital step towards building a living organism from scratch.
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Scientists use cloning to create personalized stem cell lines in monkeys.
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Scientists in Maryland today said they had built from scratch an entire microbial chromosome, a loop of synthetic DNA carrying all the instructions that a simple cell needs to live and reproduce.
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Scientists are nearer the creation of tiny artificial blood vessels after growing miniscule tubes out of stem cells.
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Scientists have moved closer to being able to use human stem cells to manufacture blood.
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New methods to reprogram adult cells could create novel models of disease.
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Scientists say the results represent a new stage in synthetic biology.
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Nature is pretty good at solving engineering problems, so designers are increasingly turning to biomimetics to improve their products and ideas. By Rowan Hooper.
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Science & environment: Research is step towards goal of creating supplies of embryonic stem cells genetically matched to patients
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A new initiative will work on cell-based toxicity tests for chemicals.
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An international team of scientists has found life on a Norwegian island.  No surprises there, but the successful field test of a collection of life-detection instruments may be a stepping stone for future endeavors to sniff out life on Mars.