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Synthetic Cell CREATED! May 21, 2010 2:15:13 GMT -5

Post by ~Memzak~ on May 21, 2010 2:15:13 GMT -5

On the 20th of May 2010.
Scientists created artificial life. A synthetic cell where we can effectively 'write' a DNA code, put the code in an empty cell and watch the cell do what we told it to do.

This is a great discovery, possibly the start of a another interview.

Check out this news article (or google it for many more)

Discuss, what can this lead to?! This is marvelous!

Last Edit: May 21, 2010 2:16:43 GMT -5 by ~Memzak~

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Synthetic Cell CREATED! May 21, 2010 7:07:29 GMT -5

Post by Pir8ozzy on May 21, 2010 7:07:29 GMT -5

This is fantastic news.

In Britain they were discussing the implications of the discovery.
There is naturally a lot of medical interest and potential for further research.

However this experiment also caught the eye of the environmental and climate change organisations, who are looking into the idea of growing CO2-using plankton, to fix our atmospheric problems.

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Synthetic Cell CREATED! May 21, 2010 8:39:09 GMT -5

Post by microfarad on May 21, 2010 8:39:09 GMT -5

Dude, it's wonderful, but not a synthetic cell. They just made a new genome and put in an existing cell.

Dr. Venter’s assertion that he has created a “synthetic cell” has alarmed people who think that means he has created a new life form or an artificial cell. “Of course that’s not right — its ancestor is a biological life form,” said Dr. Joyce of Scripps.

“My worry is that some people are going to draw the conclusion that they have created a new life form,” said Jim Collins, a bioengineer at Boston University. “What they have created is an organism with a synthesized natural genome. But it doesn’t represent the creation of life from scratch or the creation of a new life form,” he said.

Both quotes from article at www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/science/21cell.html

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Synthetic Cell CREATED! May 21, 2010 10:46:20 GMT -5

Post by ~Memzak~ on May 21, 2010 10:46:20 GMT -5

I knew that too... they got an empty cell, made the DNA for it, implanted it into the empty cell and walla!

but technically you can tell the cell to do anything you like.

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Phantom Zero Member What's the meaning of life? Anyone? Anyone at all? Ok then come back to me in about 3 million years. Posts: 37	Synthetic Cell CREATED! May 21, 2010 17:14:22 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Phantom Zero on May 21, 2010 17:14:22 GMT -5 this could be good! but this could be bad too..... if it is alive and it replacates into life...well lets not think about that now...

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Synthetic Cell CREATED! May 22, 2010 11:01:38 GMT -5

Post by ~Memzak~ on May 22, 2010 11:01:38 GMT -5

If we tell it to replicate it will replicate...

but we still have to figure out how to exactly do it...

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Skribbblie Member {S=0}[M:25] Name: ∞/2 Posts: 33	Synthetic Cell CREATED! May 22, 2010 12:49:22 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Skribbblie on May 22, 2010 12:49:22 GMT -5 I thought they'd already done that. Ah, well, must've been something else. Also, it's voila, not walla.
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Pir8ozzy Full Member {S=0}[M:25] Turret Master Posts: 151	Synthetic Cell CREATED! May 22, 2010 14:31:18 GMT -5 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Pir8ozzy on May 22, 2010 14:31:18 GMT -5 May 22, 2010 12:49:22 GMT -5 Skribbblie said: Also, it's voila, not walla. LOL, true. That was quite a funny fail, Memzak.
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Post by ~Memzak~ on May 21, 2010 2:15:13 GMT -5

Post by Pir8ozzy on May 21, 2010 7:07:29 GMT -5

Post by microfarad on May 21, 2010 8:39:09 GMT -5

Post by dagamer on May 21, 2010 9:28:31 GMT -5

Post by ~Memzak~ on May 21, 2010 10:46:20 GMT -5

Post by V.I.R.O.S. on May 21, 2010 14:08:08 GMT -5

Post by Phantom Zero on May 21, 2010 17:14:22 GMT -5

Post by Qwerty on May 21, 2010 21:35:50 GMT -5

Post by ~Memzak~ on May 22, 2010 11:01:38 GMT -5

Post by Skribbblie on May 22, 2010 12:49:22 GMT -5

Post by Pir8ozzy on May 22, 2010 14:31:18 GMT -5