Life after the synthetic cell

Nature asked eight synthetic-biology experts about the implications for science and society of the “synthetic cell” made by the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI). The institute's team assembled, modified and implanted a synthesized genome into a DNA-free bacterial shell to make a self-replicatin...

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Published in:Nature (London) 2010-05, Vol.465 (7297), p.422-424
Main Authors: Bedau, Mark, Church, George, Rasmussen, Steen, Caplan, Arthur, Benner, Steven, Fussenegger, Martin, Collins, Jim, Deamer, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
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631/208/726
631/61/338/552
Bioengineering - methods
Bioengineering - trends
Biotechnology - methods
Biotechnology - trends
DNA, Recombinant - biosynthesis
DNA, Recombinant - genetics
E coli
Genetic aspects
Genetic engineering
Genetic Engineering - methods
Genetic Engineering - trends
Genetic research
Genetically modified organisms
Genome, Bacterial - genetics
Humanities and Social Sciences
Life
multidisciplinary
Mycoplasma
Mycoplasma mycoides - genetics
opinion
Science
Transformation, Bacterial - genetics
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Summary:Nature asked eight synthetic-biology experts about the implications for science and society of the “synthetic cell” made by the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI). The institute's team assembled, modified and implanted a synthesized genome into a DNA-free bacterial shell to make a self-replicating Mycoplasma mycoides .
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/465422a