“Man-made DNA has booted up a cell for the first time. In a feat that is the culmination of two and a half years of tests and adjustments, researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute inserted artificial genetic material — chemically printed, synthesized and assembled — into cells that were then able to grow naturally. “We all had a very good feeling that it was going to work this time,” said Venter Institute synthetic biologist Daniel Gibson, co-author of the study published May 20 in Science. “But we were cautiously optimistic because we had so many letdowns following the previous experiments.” On a Friday in March, scientists inserted over 1 million base pairs of synthetic DNA into Mycoplasma capricolum cells before leaving for the weekend. When they returned on Monday, their cells had bloomed into colonies.” - × × ×

NOW THIS SHIT IS FREAKING SCARY. - × × ×

^^^ очень! - CES & nootropics

Очень хочется добавить, конечно, классическую концовку «уже сейчас видно, что всё это будет глючить и тормозить». Два года ушло на то, чтобы от искусственного генома дойти до живой и воспроизводящейся клетки. И главный вопрос — “Now, Voigt said, “what do you do with all that design capacity?” - × × ×

Лучше бы мы продолжали игры с плутонием и ядерными реакциями. Это, по крайней мере, безопаснее. - Тимур

хорошо хоть что Voigt, а не Voight - Michael Bravo

Vatican calls synthetic cell creation 'interesting' - http://edition.cnn.com/2010... - мои_друзья_симптомы