Topic: J. Craig Venter Institute
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Artificial life could offer clues about how life began
Last Thursday, the J. Craig Venter genomics research institute announced that it has created the first organism with a manmade genome, offering a potential breakthrough in our understanding how complex life first emerged.
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J. Craig Venter Institute creates first synthetic life form
A team of scientists at the J. Craig Venter Institute announced that they have successfully created a living organism with a completely synthetic genome.
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Scientists create 'synthetic life,' fuel debate over bioethics
Scientists have created an artificial genome and inserted it into a bacteria cell, creating the first synthetic life. The goal of the project is to design microbes for energy or health applications.
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A new step toward synthetic life
A genome firm says it changed one bacterium species into another by transferring DNA 'software.'
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