A research team, led by Craig Venter of America’s J. Craig Venter Institute (JVCI), has successfully produced the first self-replicating, synthetic bacterial cell. Called Mycoplasma mycoides... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Synthetic biology can mean reconstructing organisms, redesigning biology, or recreating life—and each of these uses has different implications. The J. Craig Venter Instit... Read more
Image via Wikipedia A top UK scientist who helped sequence the human genome has said efforts to patent the first synthetic life form would give its creator a monopoly on a range of genetic e... Read more