Scientists take step to making synthetic life
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Scientists have taken a first step toward making synthetic life by transferring genetic material from one bacterium into another, transforming the second microbe into a copy of the first.
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The secret messages hidden in scientist J. Craig Venterâs synthetic bacterial genome have now been revealed.
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A team of Irish scientists develops a strain of bacteria that can convert a toxic byproduct of the Styrofoam manufacturing process into biodegradable plastic. By Rowan Hooper.
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DNA&#39;s ability to self-assemble into predetermined patterns has been exploited to create synthetic versatile scaffolding that can direct the assembly of miniscule computer circuits.
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Evolutionary experiments on microbes are under way in many laboratories and scientists can observer bacteria adapt over 40,000 generations of living in a beaker.
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com December 13, 2004, 12:16 PM PT. The emerging field of synthetic biology--creating organisms in the lab that act like those found in nature--received a big boost Monday in the
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Researchers at Rockefeller University make small synthetic vesicles that resemble a crude kind of biological cell.
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Custom-made microbes could produce drugs, eat pollution, generate fuel -- or create an unpredictable environmental nightmare. As the field advances, some watchdogs call for increased regulation.
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Researchers are trying to turn the simulated realities of science-fiction movies into the armchair realities of everyday life
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U.S. researchers have developed a technique that allows them to glimpse interactions between molecules on the surface of a cell.
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Quorum sensing, which determines when bacteria communicate to one another, has captured the interest of a new generation of scientific researchers.
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In a big step toward a long-sought goal, three teams of scientists say they've produced the equivalent of embryonic stem cells, at least in mice, without taking the controversial step of destroying embryos.
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Genetically engineered mice outperform their naturally bred brethren
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Regulators have given scientists the green light to create human-animal embryos for research.
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Coming soon to a jungle near you --  mosquitoes genetically engineered so they cannot give people  malaria. But this time scientists want to do it right.
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While some scientists try to build nano machines from scratch, others are discovering uses for single-celled organisms that are already available. By Monya Baker from Wired magazine.
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Researchers have assembled the entire genome of a living organism -- a bacterium -- in what they hope is an important step to creating artificial life.