Synthetic life

murrow

penguinpuffin

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03 Apr 09

murrow

penguinpuffin

finsbury

Joined: 25 Aug 04
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03 Apr 09

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/craig_venter_is_on_the_verge_of_creating_synthetic_life.html

is this guy for real?

zeeblebot

silicon valley

Joined: 27 Oct 04
Moves: 101289

03 Apr 09

probly.

scherzo

At the Revolution

Joined: 15 Sep 07
Moves: 5073

03 Apr 09

Originally posted by murrow
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/craig_venter_is_on_the_verge_of_creating_synthetic_life.html

is this guy for real?

No. It's an elaborate April Fool's Day hoax for people without a calender.

AThousandYoung

1st Dan TKD Kukkiwon

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Joined: 23 Aug 04
Moves: 26754

03 Apr 09

Originally posted by murrow
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/craig_venter_is_on_the_verge_of_creating_synthetic_life.html

is this guy for real?

It's not fully synthetic.

Once a version of the minimal 381-gene chromosome has been synthesized, it is intended to be transplanted into the nucleoid of a M. genitalium cell to create M. laboratorium.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycoplasma_laboratorium