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[Prophecy Talk] creating artificial life,: The Guardian can reveal that a team of 20 top scientists assembled by Mr Venter, led by the Nobel laureate Hamilton Smith, has already constructed a synthetic chromosome, a feat of virtuoso bio-engineering never previously achieved. Using lab-made chemicals, they have painstakingly stitched together a chromosome that is 381 genes long and contains 580,000 base pairs of genetic code.

[Science] Playing artificial god: artificial life created in laboratory: The chromosome that Venter's team created was based on the bacterium Mycoplasma genitalium. Essentially the team broke down its components to the barest essentials needed to support life, then reconstructed the code using lab chemicals.

 [Complexity digest 2007.39] I Am Creating Artificial Life, Declares US Gene Pioneer ...: The DNA sequence is based on the bacterium Mycoplasma genitalium which the team pared down to the bare essentials needed to support life, removing a fifth of its genetic make-up. The wholly synthetically reconstructed chromosome, which the team have christened Mycoplasma laboratorium, has been watermarked with inks for easy recognition.

[bodybyblissmedia] Scientist Claims Ownership over Synthetic Life Forms: In addition to patenting the bacteria and its genome, the Venter Institute has requested a monopoly on any synthetic organism that, like M. laboratorium (nicknamed “Synthia”), has had a certain number of “non-essential”

 [Science Quick Picks] DNA Transplant: Craig Venter, Ph.D., president and chairman, JCVI. “We are committed to this research as we believe that synthetic genomics holds great promise in helping to solve issues like climate change and in developing new sources of energy.”

[zipzamzoom.net] Breakthrough Could Lead to Artificial Life Forms: marks an important step toward creating artificial life with human-crafted genomes. A genome is the complete set of DNA for an organism, and provides all the necessary instructions for making life-essential proteins.

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 [BlogEthics Purdue] I am creating artificial life, declares US gene pioneer: The Guardian can reveal that a team of 20 top scientists assembled by Mr Venter, led by the Nobel laureate Hamilton Smith, has already constructed a synthetic chromosome, a feat of virtuoso bio-engineering never previously achieved. Using lab-made chemicals, they have painstakingly stitched together a chromosome that is 381 genes long and contains 580,000 base pairs of genetic code.

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