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First artificial life form

OCTOBER 06, 2007 - Posted by Ben

It seems as though it's finally happened. Check out this article on Fox News.

Craig Venter, a genetic scientist, has officially created the first artificial life form. Using lab-created chemicals, he created a synthetic chromosome, which effectively changes the makeup of another lifeform's DNA. Using this new DNA, Venter can change one form of life to another.

There are going to be huge debates over this, and expect to hear quite a bit about it over the coming months. I could be wrong, but I'm thinking this is going to be pretty huge. Being able to change one life-form into another is borderline "playing God", and there are going to be a lot of opinions about this.

Kinda cool, kinda scary.

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