Craig Venter creates artificial life form.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18942-immaculate-creation-birth-of-the-first-synthetic-cell.html

Let the games begin.

Originally posted by sonhouse
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18942-immaculate-creation-birth-of-the-first-synthetic-cell.html

Let the games begin.

Originally posted by sonhouse
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18942-immaculate-creation-birth-of-the-first-synthetic-cell.html

Let the games begin.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Once again premature. The DNA was synthetic but the rest of the cell was not.

AND it was a goat pathogen! 😠

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Once again premature. The DNA was synthetic but the rest of the cell was not.

AND it was a goat pathogen! 😠

Originally posted by FabianFnas
DNA was synthetic, but not invented. It was just a copy from another natural DNA (perhaps ith a few alterations, I don't know), nothing more.

The 'sucess' was that they had produced the DNA artificially. That's all.

I produce life every time I have a cosy moment with my girlfriend. But she takes the pill so nothing happens.

AHHHHH NOOOOOO!

Originally posted by avalanchethecat
That's a great euphemism though. Last night I produced life all over my girlfriend's face. *laughs*

Originally posted by sonhouse
Actually, a half-life of about 2 minutes🙂

Originally posted by FabianFnas
And it took him 10 seconds to do the experiment.

In vitro? No, in faccia.