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Update: Synthetic DNA in a bacterium (a.k.a. synthetic life)

The announcement by the J. Craig Venter Institute team of their creation of synthetic DNA (starting with a computer modeled bacterium genome and implanting it in another bacterium that had its DNA removed) has generated a considerable amount of media coverage. However, not as much as the Gulf Oil disaster, not by a long shot. [...]
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