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Story of "Synthia" the (theoretical) human-made synthetic microbe

2009 October 23
by abhishektiwari
“The Story of Synthia” explains — in a cartoon — how some scientists are attempting to create synthetic “life.” By replacing the genome of a natural microbe with a human-made genome constructed from synthetic DNA, they hope to give birth to a new, synthetic species — mycloplasma laboratorium.
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  1. October 23, 2009

    Story of "Synthia" the (theoretical) human-made synthetic microbe http://bit.ly/oNJ2d

  2. October 23, 2009

    Story of "Synthia" the (theoretical) human-made synthetic microbe http://tinyurl.com/yje9fbj

  3. October 23, 2009

    Story of "Synthia" the (theoretical) human-made synthetic microbe: "The Story of Synthia" explains — in a cart.. http://bit.ly/oNJ2d

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