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Re: completely synthetic biologic cell created
From: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rmslade () shaw ca>
Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 19:05:11 -0800
Date sent: Sat, 22 May 2010 02:12:07 +0300 From: Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703559004575256470152341984.html
Not quite completely. First, they used the genetic sequence from an existing organism. They created a copy from scratch, as it were, building it up from individual base pairs, but they used a template that already existed. Then they used an existing cell, and simply inserted their copy of the DNA into the cell, from which the original DNA had been removed. It's an impressive peice of work. And it means that you can start to think about creating your own DNA, using genes that express proteins you want, and eliminating those you don't. But it's a far cry from "completely synthetic." ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rslade () vcn bc ca slade () victoria tc ca rslade () computercrime org The first victim of war is truth. - Rudyard Kipling victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm blog.isc2.org/isc2_blog/slade/index.html http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/author/p1/ http://www.infosecbc.org/links http://twitter.com/rslade _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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