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NOT FROM SCRATCH. “We created a new cell. It's alive. But we didn't create life from scratch. We created, as all life on this planet is, out of a living cell.” http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/05/21/venter.qa/ View in LinkedIn

GENETIC WATERMARKS. "It's also the first species to have a Web site in its genetic code." https://lnkd.in/dj5EVry View in LinkedIn

PARENT WAS A COMPUTER. “So it's the first living self-replicating cell that we have on the planet whose DNA was made chemically and designed in the computer. So it has no genetic ancestors. Its parent is a computer.” https://lnkd.in/dfMtfwG View in LinkedIn

PHASE ONE. “This is the first synthetic cell that's been made," said Venter. "We call it synthetic because the cell is totally derived from a synthetic chromosome, made with four bottles of chemicals on a chemical synthesizer, starting with information in a computer." http://news.discovery.com/tech/biotechnology/synthetic-genome-life.htm View in LinkedIn

SYNTHETIC LIFE. “Scientists report the first successful implantation of fully synthetic genome. The manmade genome was more than one million base pairs long.” http://news.discovery.com/tech/biotechnology/synthetic-genome-life.htm View in LinkedIn

BIOLOGICAL TELEPORTATION. "Venter and Elon Musk are talking of using this technology to terraform Mars with 3D-printed earthly microbes. The whole thing boggles the imagination, of course, but Venter and Musk do have form for pulling off amazing feats." https://lnkd.in/dmr8MRR View in LinkedIn

BACK END. “In parallel to the development of the DBC, Venter's scientists are also working on a machine called the "digitised life sending unit", intended to complete his vision of an end-to-end system for biological teleportation.” (DBC = Digital Biological Converter). https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/oct/13/craig-ventner-mars View in LinkedIn

DIGITAL VACCINE. “If there is a pandemic, everyone around you is dying and you cannot go outdoors, you can download the vaccine in a couple of seconds from the internet," he says. That digital file would allow DBCs in homes, hospitals and companies to "just spit out a loaded syringe". His researchers believe their current prototype is already capable of producing DNA precisely enough that it could be used as a vaccine.” https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/oct/13/craig-ventner-mars View in LinkedIn

BLACK BOX. “The household appliance of the future. It is a box attached to a computer that would receive DNA sequences over the internet to synthesise proteins, viruses and even living cells. "We call it a Digital Biological Converter. And we have the prototype," says Venter.” https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/oct/13/craig-ventner-mars View in LinkedIn