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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New publications, experiments and breakthroughs in biotechnology--and what they mean.
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U.S. researchers have made a very small research tool that may one day help scientists probe the activity of genes and proteins in a single cell, they said on Thursday, opening the door to a new realm of genetic research.
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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 way to use DNA sequencers could be the biggest thing to hit science since the microscope.
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The race to create life from scratch is underway. But how close are scientists to making a synthetic organism?
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UK researchers have developed a way of using light to detect the presence of bacteria.
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Scientists say the results represent a new stage in synthetic biology.
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A University of Connecticut scientist may have discovered a new and efficient way to clone
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Researchers have cloned healthy mice from skin cells for the first time.
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The secret messages hidden in scientist J. Craig Venterâs synthetic bacterial genome have now been revealed.
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The ability to manipulate matter on a tiny scale could lead to environmental breakthroughs. Billions of dollars are being spent, but the most exciting green nanoproducts are still on the drawing boards.
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Regulators have given scientists the green light to create human-animal embryos for research.
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Researchers at Rockefeller University make small synthetic vesicles that resemble a crude kind of biological cell.
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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.
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New drugs that are to be tested in connection with a phenomenon called RNA interference have excited scientists with their versatile and powerful ability to affect genes.
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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.