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Artificial Life in Three Steps

HOW CRAIG VENTER'S TEAM CREATED THE SYNTHETIC CELL AND HOW IT WILL BE PUT TO USE Scientists make short strands of DNA from the four chemical BIOFUELS building blocks of life (adenine, guanine, cystosine and thymine), based on the DNA sequence of the microbe Mycoplasma mycoides Converting carbon dioxide into hydrocarbons that could be turned into fuel is the holy grail of synthetic biology. Venter is working with Exxon-Mobil to design microbes that can do this, in the hope of finding a clean source of energy. "GENE MACHINE' Short DNA strands created CGCGATCAACTTGA TAGACAACTTGCGA ATTGAGGCATCATC CLEAN WATER Millions of people do not have access to safe drinking water, a situation that will only get worse with a growing population. Synthetic lifeforms are seen as one possible solution to a problem exacerbated by water Short DNA strands transferred into yeast cells to "repair" them into bigger molecules of DNA which are then transferred into E. coli and back into yeast to build up the DNA into a chromosome one billion units long contamination. POLLUTION CLEAN-UP E. coll Artificial Microbes that can chromosome "eat" waste oil or remove poisonous chemicals and heavy metal Short DNA strands CACAACI. CGCCATCAACTT PAGACAACT TG CGA 4ITG AGGCATCATG CCAT CAACTTE pollutants from landfill sites would revolutionise our ability to deal with toxic spills and waste dumps. Synthetic life could be one solution. TCAACT- NEW VACCINES/ DRUGS Yeast cells Yeast cells Venter hopes to be able to design The artificial chromosome is inserted into an empty cell of artificial life forms that can quickly make vaccines on huge production scales to reduce the time it takes between a new disease Mycoplasma capricolum with none of its own DNA left Artificial chromosome emerging and an effective treatment. Drug companies are interested. NEW SOURCES OF FOOD With the global population set to rise EMPTY CELL from 6.8 billion to 9 One billion replications of all genes and proteins from original synthetic billion, scientists warn we will have to come up with revolutionary ways of producing food. Would synthetic life offer a potential solution? Venter ............. ... Natural chromosome believes it does. removed chromosome HOW CRAIG VENTER'S TEAM CREATED THE SYNTHETIC CELL AND HOW IT WILL BE PUT TO USE Scientists make short strands of DNA from the four chemical BIOFUELS building blocks of life (adenine, guanine, cystosine and thymine), based on the DNA sequence of the microbe Mycoplasma mycoides Converting carbon dioxide into hydrocarbons that could be turned into fuel is the holy grail of synthetic biology. Venter is working with Exxon-Mobil to design microbes that can do this, in the hope of finding a clean source of energy. "GENE MACHINE' Short DNA strands created CGCGATCAACTTGA TAGACAACTTGCGA ATTGAGGCATCATC CLEAN WATER A GC T Millions of people do not have access to safe drinking water, a situation that will only get worse with a growing population. Synthetic lifeforms are seen as one possible solution to a problem exacerbated by water Short DNA strands transferred into yeast cells to "repair" them into bigger molecules of DNA which are then transferred into E. coli and back into yeast to build up the DNA into a chromosome one billion units long contamination. POLLUTION CLEAN-UP E. coll Artificial Microbes that can chromosome "eat" waste oil or remove poisonous chemicals and heavy metal Short DNA strands CACAACI. CGCCATCAACTT PAGACAACT TG CGA 4ITG AGGCATCATG CCAT CAACTTE pollutants from landfill sites would revolutionise our ability to deal with toxic spills and waste dumps. Synthetic life could be one solution. TCAACT- NEW VACCINES/ DRUGS Yeast cells Yeast cells Venter hopes to be able to design The artificial chromosome is inserted into an empty cell of artificial life forms that can quickly make vaccines on huge production scales to reduce the time it takes between a new disease Mycoplasma capricolum with none of its own DNA left Artificial chromosome emerging and an effective treatment. Drug companies are interested. NEW SOURCES OF FOOD With the global population set to rise EMPTY CELL from 6.8 billion to 9 One billion replications of all genes and proteins from original synthetic billion, scientists warn we will have to come up with revolutionary ways of producing food. Would synthetic life offer a potential solution? Venter ............. ... Natural chromosome believes it does. removed chromosome HOW CRAIG VENTER'S TEAM CREATED THE SYNTHETIC CELL AND HOW IT WILL BE PUT TO USE Scientists make short strands of DNA from the four chemical BIOFUELS building blocks of life (adenine, guanine, cystosine and thymine), based on the DNA sequence of the microbe Mycoplasma mycoides Converting carbon dioxide into hydrocarbons that could be turned into fuel is the holy grail of synthetic biology. Venter is working with Exxon-Mobil to design microbes that can do this, in the hope of finding a clean source of energy. "GENE MACHINE' Short DNA strands created CGCGATCAACTTGA TAGACAACTTGCGA ATTGAGGCATCATC CLEAN WATER A GC T Millions of people do not have access to safe drinking water, a situation that will only get worse with a growing population. Synthetic lifeforms are seen as one possible solution to a problem exacerbated by water Short DNA strands transferred into yeast cells to "repair" them into bigger molecules of DNA which are then transferred into E. coli and back into yeast to build up the DNA into a chromosome one billion units long contamination. POLLUTION CLEAN-UP E. coll Artificial Microbes that can chromosome "eat" waste oil or remove poisonous chemicals and heavy metal Short DNA strands CACAACI. CGCCATCAACTT PAGACAACT TG CGA 4ITG AGGCATCATG CCAT CAACTTE pollutants from landfill sites would revolutionise our ability to deal with toxic spills and waste dumps. Synthetic life could be one solution. TCAACT- NEW VACCINES/ DRUGS Yeast cells Yeast cells Venter hopes to be able to design The artificial chromosome is inserted into an empty cell of artificial life forms that can quickly make vaccines on huge production scales to reduce the time it takes between a new disease Mycoplasma capricolum with none of its own DNA left Artificial chromosome emerging and an effective treatment. Drug companies are interested. NEW SOURCES OF FOOD With the global population set to rise EMPTY CELL from 6.8 billion to 9 One billion replications of all genes and proteins from original synthetic billion, scientists warn we will have to come up with revolutionary ways of producing food. Would synthetic life offer a potential solution? Venter ............. ... Natural chromosome believes it does. removed chromosome HOW CRAIG VENTER'S TEAM CREATED THE SYNTHETIC CELL AND HOW IT WILL BE PUT TO USE Scientists make short strands of DNA from the four chemical BIOFUELS building blocks of life (adenine, guanine, cystosine and thymine), based on the DNA sequence of the microbe Mycoplasma mycoides Converting carbon dioxide into hydrocarbons that could be turned into fuel is the holy grail of synthetic biology. Venter is working with Exxon-Mobil to design microbes that can do this, in the hope of finding a clean source of energy. "GENE MACHINE' Short DNA strands created CGCGATCAACTTGA TAGACAACTTGCGA ATTGAGGCATCATC CLEAN WATER A GC T Millions of people do not have access to safe drinking water, a situation that will only get worse with a growing population. Synthetic lifeforms are seen as one possible solution to a problem exacerbated by water Short DNA strands transferred into yeast cells to "repair" them into bigger molecules of DNA which are then transferred into E. coli and back into yeast to build up the DNA into a chromosome one billion units long contamination. POLLUTION CLEAN-UP E. coll Artificial Microbes that can chromosome "eat" waste oil or remove poisonous chemicals and heavy metal Short DNA strands CACAACI. CGCCATCAACTT PAGACAACT TG CGA 4ITG AGGCATCATG CCAT CAACTTE pollutants from landfill sites would revolutionise our ability to deal with toxic spills and waste dumps. Synthetic life could be one solution. TCAACT- NEW VACCINES/ DRUGS Yeast cells Yeast cells Venter hopes to be able to design The artificial chromosome is inserted into an empty cell of artificial life forms that can quickly make vaccines on huge production scales to reduce the time it takes between a new disease Mycoplasma capricolum with none of its own DNA left Artificial chromosome emerging and an effective treatment. Drug companies are interested. NEW SOURCES OF FOOD With the global population set to rise EMPTY CELL from 6.8 billion to 9 One billion replications of all genes and proteins from original synthetic billion, scientists warn we will have to come up with revolutionary ways of producing food. Would synthetic life offer a potential solution? Venter ............. ... Natural chromosome believes it does. removed chromosome HOW CRAIG VENTER'S TEAM CREATED THE SYNTHETIC CELL AND HOW IT WILL BE PUT TO USE Scientists make short strands of DNA from the four chemical BIOFUELS building blocks of life (adenine, guanine, cystosine and thymine), based on the DNA sequence of the microbe Mycoplasma mycoides Converting carbon dioxide into hydrocarbons that could be turned into fuel is the holy grail of synthetic biology. Venter is working with Exxon-Mobil to design microbes that can do this, in the hope of finding a clean source of energy. "GENE MACHINE' Short DNA strands created CGCGATCAACTTGA TAGACAACTTGCGA ATTGAGGCATCATC CLEAN WATER A GC T Millions of people do not have access to safe drinking water, a situation that will only get worse with a growing population. Synthetic lifeforms are seen as one possible solution to a problem exacerbated by water Short DNA strands transferred into yeast cells to "repair" them into bigger molecules of DNA which are then transferred into E. coli and back into yeast to build up the DNA into a chromosome one billion units long contamination. POLLUTION CLEAN-UP E. coll Artificial Microbes that can chromosome "eat" waste oil or remove poisonous chemicals and heavy metal Short DNA strands CACAACI. CGCCATCAACTT PAGACAACT TG CGA 4ITG AGGCATCATG CCAT CAACTTE pollutants from landfill sites would revolutionise our ability to deal with toxic spills and waste dumps. Synthetic life could be one solution. TCAACT- NEW VACCINES/ DRUGS Yeast cells Yeast cells Venter hopes to be able to design The artificial chromosome is inserted into an empty cell of artificial life forms that can quickly make vaccines on huge production scales to reduce the time it takes between a new disease Mycoplasma capricolum with none of its own DNA left Artificial chromosome emerging and an effective treatment. Drug companies are interested. NEW SOURCES OF FOOD With the global population set to rise EMPTY CELL from 6.8 billion to 9 One billion replications of all genes and proteins from original synthetic billion, scientists warn we will have to come up with revolutionary ways of producing food. Would synthetic life offer a potential solution? Venter ............. ... Natural chromosome believes it does. removed chromosome HOW CRAIG VENTER'S TEAM CREATED THE SYNTHETIC CELL AND HOW IT WILL BE PUT TO USE Scientists make short strands of DNA from the four chemical BIOFUELS building blocks of life (adenine, guanine, cystosine and thymine), based on the DNA sequence of the microbe Mycoplasma mycoides Converting carbon dioxide into hydrocarbons that could be turned into fuel is the holy grail of synthetic biology. Venter is working with Exxon-Mobil to design microbes that can do this, in the hope of finding a clean source of energy. "GENE MACHINE' Short DNA strands created CGCGATCAACTTGA TAGACAACTTGCGA ATTGAGGCATCATC CLEAN WATER A GC T Millions of people do not have access to safe drinking water, a situation that will only get worse with a growing population. Synthetic lifeforms are seen as one possible solution to a problem exacerbated by water Short DNA strands transferred into yeast cells to "repair" them into bigger molecules of DNA which are then transferred into E. coli and back into yeast to build up the DNA into a chromosome one billion units long contamination. POLLUTION CLEAN-UP E. coll Artificial Microbes that can chromosome "eat" waste oil or remove poisonous chemicals and heavy metal Short DNA strands CACAACI. CGCCATCAACTT PAGACAACT TG CGA 4ITG AGGCATCATG CCAT CAACTTE pollutants from landfill sites would revolutionise our ability to deal with toxic spills and waste dumps. Synthetic life could be one solution. TCAACT- NEW VACCINES/ DRUGS Yeast cells Yeast cells Venter hopes to be able to design The artificial chromosome is inserted into an empty cell of artificial life forms that can quickly make vaccines on huge production scales to reduce the time it takes between a new disease Mycoplasma capricolum with none of its own DNA left Artificial chromosome emerging and an effective treatment. Drug companies are interested. NEW SOURCES OF FOOD With the global population set to rise EMPTY CELL from 6.8 billion to 9 One billion replications of all genes and proteins from original synthetic billion, scientists warn we will have to come up with revolutionary ways of producing food. Would synthetic life offer a potential solution? Venter ............. ... Natural chromosome believes it does. removed chromosome

Artificial Life in Three Steps

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Scientists make short strands of DNA from the four chemical building blocks of life (adenine, guanine, cystosine and thyamine), based on the DNA sequence of the microbe Mycoplasma mycoides. Find out t...

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