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Scientist creates life

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  • #52
    genericguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,831 ✭✭✭genericguy


    bytey, your post is rubbish by the way. you could just stand back and say nothing, or at the very least admit that your ignorance of science (and mathematics, obviously) renders you unqualified to participate in such an argument.


  • #53
    Cool Mo D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,419 ✭✭✭Cool Mo D


    He didn't quite create new life. He synthesised DNA of one known type of bacteria, put it into a different type of existing bacteria, and saw that the second bacteria took on the properties of the first. He also put in genetic tags in the DNA to prove that it was his DNA doing the work. Note that DNA is only about 1% of the dry weight of the cell.

    What he did was analogous to taking a watch, taking it apart piece by piece, before copying the bits, and putting it back in the original case, and having it work. - it's an achievement, but it doesn't mean you can design your own watch.

    It's a very impressive achievement though, and it's only a matter of time before a completely synthetic life form is made.


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