[ExI] Thoughtware.TV news: First artificial life form created

[Andres Colon]

DNA researcher Craig Venter "has built a synthetic chromosome out of
laboratory chemicals and is poised to announce the creation of the first new
artificial life form on Earth."

The new species is made from an artificial chromosome constructed by a team
of 20 leading scientists led by Nobel laureate Hamilton Smith. The
chromosome is "381 genes long and contains 580,000 base pairs of genetic
code."

While this is a Bio-conservative's post on this topic, I figure everyone
here will want to read this:
http://crunchgear.com/2007/10/06/head-for-the-hills-first-new-artificial-life-form-created/

Related news:
http://news.google.com/?ned=us&ncl=1121772484&hl=en&topic=t

Andrés,
Thoughtware.TV <http://www.thoughtware.tv> - "...artificial, but sexy"
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