Craig Venter
Scientists create a living organism
Submitted by loner on 23 May, 2010 - 3:33amhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/3dbad5ca-6431-11df-8618-00144feab49a.html
Scientists have turned inanimate chemicals into a living organism in an experiment that raises profound questions about the essence of life.
Craig Venter, the US genomics pioneer, announced on Thursday that scientists at his laboratories in Maryland and California had succeeded in their 15-year project to make the world’s first “synthetic cells” – bacteria called Mycoplasma mycoides.
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