Posted by DA Morgan on Jul 12, 2002 at 12:34
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Scientists have assembled the first synthetic virus.
The US researchers built the infectious agent from scratch using the genome sequence for polio.
Scientists are divided about whether a virus is alive. For those that think it is, then this synthetic artefact would constitute a simple form of life.
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Re: Playing God - Dangerous DNA? DA Morgan 17/7 11:31
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Re: Playing God--Not quite, I think Thermus aquaticus 14/7 10:03
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