GENETICS
LATER THIS YEAR, it's quite possible that an entirely new life-form will come into existence. And it will be man-made. Synthetic Genomics was launched last June in Rockville, Md., with $31 million from investors-and is run by J. Craig Venter, the controversial scientist who sped the mapping of the human genome. It has already created the first synthesized chromosome, one long strand of DNA that will be planted into the cell of a simple bacteria, kick-starting it to life.Other companies, like DuPont,are similarly racing to create simple but new life-forms.
Syntheticbiology.org, an online forum hosted by researchers involved in the new technology, states that it is …
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