Friday, March 28, 2014

drag2share: Science gets closer to artificial life with first synthetic chromosome

Source: http://sploid.gizmodo.com/scientists-have-created-first-ever-man-made-chromosome-1553312707/@caseychan

Science gets closer to artificial life with first synthetic chromosome

Science, man. An international team of scientists have made a major breakthrough in synthetic biology. For the first time ever, they were able to insert a man-made, custom-built chromosome into brewer's yeast to not only create a life form but one that also passes down its man-made genes to its offspring. We're closer to creating artificial life.

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