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Default Scientific Breakthroughs
I think we need a thread for these. I really like consolidation.

BBC News - 'Artificial life' breakthrough announced by scientists

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Scientists in the US have succeeded in developing the first synthetic living cell.

The researchers constructed a bacterium's "genetic software" and transplanted it into a host cell.

The resulting microbe then looked and behaved like the species "dictated" by the synthetic DNA.

The researchers copied an existing bacterial genome. They sequenced its genetic code and then used "synthesis machines" to chemically construct a copy.



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