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Entries from blog.bioethics.net tagged with 'Craig Venter'
The label on the synethic genome
Wired Science, with the help of a few scientists, has decoded the "watermarks" placed in the synthetic genome recently constructed by the Venter Institute. So, what were the no-doubt profound messages tucked inside the first synthetic genome: VENTERINSTITVTE CRAIGVENTER HAMSMITH CINDIANDCLYDE GLASSANDCLYDE Yep. The names of people who worked on... (read the rest)
Synthetic bacterial genome coverage roundup
Here's a quick scan of the reaction to Thursday's news that the Venter Institute has created a synthetic bacterial genome: + Some researchers were skeptical of the relative importance of the Venter's Institute's achievement, noting that the research team didn't use the genome to actually run a cell. Said Stony... (read the rest)
Not yet a synthetic organism, but closer
A team from the Venter Institute is reporting this week in Science that it has successfully constructed a synthetic genome for the bacterium Mycoplasma genitalium, which they call the "M. genitalium JCVI-1.0 genome." In the paper, the team describes how it assembled "cassettes" of base pairs (basically chunks of DNA... (read the rest)
Craig Venter on the "DNA-driven world"
The would-be creator of synthetic life recently delivered this this year's Dimbley Lecture for the BBC (Edge has the transcript) and used the occasion to call on the public to get a better grip on science: ... as science has advanced, it has gone far beyond the immediately sensed world.... (read the rest)
Craig Venter on Stephen Colbert
Colbert asks Venter such pressing questions as "When you decoded your genome was there any marker there proving that you're some sort of narcissistic egomaniac?" Thanks to Gillian for the pointer! Earlier on blog.bioethics.net: + Craig Venter on the ethics of creating synthetic organisms + What is Craig Venter up... (read the rest)
Craig Venter on the ethics of creating synthetic organisms
Over at Bloggingheads.tv Carl Zimmer interviewed Craig Venter recently about a wide range of topics, from personal genome sequencing to Venter's work on synthetic biology. Venter tells Zimmer that the reports a few months back that his team was right on the verge of creating a synthetic microbe were... (read the rest)
What is Craig Venter up to now?
by Andrea Kalfoglou A little less than a month ago, J. Craig Venter, told the Guardian that he was very close to announcing that he and his scientific research team have created the first artificial life form (we're still waiting). His team has already created the world's first synthetic chromosome.... (read the rest)
Venter team claims to have created a synthetic chromosome
Via Art Caplan comes word that Craig Venter's effort to create a synthetic microbe has taken a step forward. The Guardian reports that Venter's team has created a synthetic chromosome and could announce very soon that it has created the world's first synthetic life form. The Guardian piece touches briefly... (read the rest)
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