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Re: completely synthetic biologic cell created


From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 22:05:35 -0400

On Sat, 22 May 2010 02:12:07 +0300, Gadi Evron said:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703559004575256470152341984.html

Not as awesome as it's hyped.  All they did was pull all the nuclear
genetic material out of a cell and swap in a totally synthesized copy.

In particular, they didn't create a cell membrane or ribosomes or any
of the other structures.

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