Tuesday, August 31, 2010
'Artificial life' breakthrough announced
Scientists in the US have succeeded in developing the first living cell to be controlled entirely by synthetic DNA. The researchers constructed a bacterium's "genetic software" and transplanted it into a host cell. News Report @ BBC News
The synthetic cell looks identical to the 'wild type'
See also:
Full Paper: D. G. Gibson et al [2010]."Creation of a Bacterial Cell Controlled by a Chemically Synthesized Genome" Science. 329 (5987): 52-56
Nature | Opinion [2010] "Life after the synthetic cell". Nature 465: 422–424
The synthetic cell looks identical to the 'wild type'
See also:
Full Paper: D. G. Gibson et al [2010]."Creation of a Bacterial Cell Controlled by a Chemically Synthesized Genome" Science. 329 (5987): 52-56
Nature | Opinion [2010] "Life after the synthetic cell". Nature 465: 422–424
Labels: life; synthetic biology; genomics
Informational Space dust?
Could alien life exist in the form of dancing specks of dust? According to a new simulation, electrically charged dust can organise itself into DNA-like double helixes that behave in many ways like living organisms, reproducing and passing on information to one another. Full article @ The New Scientist Space
Labels: information, life
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This blog is used to post and discuss materials for the I-485/H-400/I-585 "biologically inspired computing" course at Indiana University. Welcome!
