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Artificial Life - Sciences, Education, Art, Writing, UFO - Posted: 7th Oct, 2007 - 10:25pm
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Post Date: 22nd Aug, 2007 - 11:35am / Post ID: #
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SCIENTISTS: ARTIFICIAL LIFE LIKELY IN 3 TO 10 YEARS
Around the world, a handful of scientists are trying to create life from scratch and they're getting closer.
Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/08/20...e.ap/index.html
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| I am creating artificial life, declares US gene pioneer · Scientist has made synthetic chromosome · Breakthrough could combat global warming Ed Pilkington in New York The Guardian Saturday October 6 2007 Craig Venter, the controversial DNA researcher involved in the race to decipher the human genetic code, has built a synthetic chromosome out of laboratory chemicals and is poised to announce the creation of the first new artificial life form on Earth. The announcement, which is expected within weeks and could come as early as Monday at the annual meeting of his scientific institute in San Diego, California, will herald a giant leap forward in the development of designer genomes. It is certain to provoke heated debate about the ethics of creating new species and could unlock the door to new energy sources and techniques to combat global warming. Mr Venter told the Guardian he thought this landmark would be "a very important philosophical step in the history of our species. We are going from reading our genetic code to the ability to write it. That gives us the hypothetical ability to do things never contemplated before". |
https://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/oct...s.climatechange
Personally, I don't see how creating a synthetic chromosome relates to global warming. Perhaps it was mentioned in order to actually get this news to be as widespread as possible.
On the one hand, this is a very exciting scientific find. On the other hand, with our current instability within the world, this kind of breakthrough can have unintended consequences (as we've already seen worldwide with genetically modified food).
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