linkedin post 2019-10-01 05:24:50

linkedin post 2019-10-01 05:24:50

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VENTER VIEW. “Life is a DNA software system." All living things are solely reducible to DNA and the cellular apparatus it uses to run on. The DNA software both creates and directs the more visible "hardware" of life such as proteins and cells.” https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/oct/13/craig-ventner-mars View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2019-10-01 05:28:10

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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
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linkedin post 2019-10-01 05:32:25

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DIGITAL BIOLOGY. “We call this digitizing biology...We now show that it is possible to reverse this and synthesize cells starting from this digitized information….We refer to the cell we have created as being a synthetic cell because it is a cell controlled by a genome assembled from chemically synthesized pieces of DNA." http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/synthetic-genome-cell/ View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2019-10-02 04:00:23

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PATH FORWARD. “It's not genesis, it's not as if mice are coming from a pile of dirty rags in a corner. The correct word is poesis, human construction. We can now go from information and get a reproducing organism. It lays down the gauntlet for us to learn how to engineer genomes." The first synthetic cell. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/synthetic-genome-cell/ View in LinkedIn
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