Recently, scientists at J. Craig Venter Institute, led by genetics pioneer, Dr. Craig Venter himself, have successfully created a very first synthetic bacteria cell that can survive and replicate itself based on an artificial DNA sequence which may lead to the production of advanced artificial life (Hornyak, Crave CNET News, 2010: article). This synthetic cell, which named Mycoplasma mycoides JCVI-syn1.0, is produced from Mycoplasma capricolumgenetic code formed by millions of DNA base pair, sequenced as chemical DNA fragments together with yeast and E.coli bacteria and then injected to empty Mycoplasma mycoides bacteria (see video). Many articles discussing about this breakthrough have suggested that this remarkable finding may led to more outstanding discoveries not only to global health care, especially in vaccine, but also may contribute to sustainable environment and technology.
Monday, May 31, 2010
The Rise of Synthetic Biology: Human-made cell version 1.0
Recently, scientists at J. Craig Venter Institute, led by genetics pioneer, Dr. Craig Venter himself, have successfully created a very first synthetic bacteria cell that can survive and replicate itself based on an artificial DNA sequence which may lead to the production of advanced artificial life (Hornyak, Crave CNET News, 2010: article). This synthetic cell, which named Mycoplasma mycoides JCVI-syn1.0, is produced from Mycoplasma capricolumgenetic code formed by millions of DNA base pair, sequenced as chemical DNA fragments together with yeast and E.coli bacteria and then injected to empty Mycoplasma mycoides bacteria (see video). Many articles discussing about this breakthrough have suggested that this remarkable finding may led to more outstanding discoveries not only to global health care, especially in vaccine, but also may contribute to sustainable environment and technology.
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