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Synthetic Life In The Lab

Posted by Hemos on from the trying-to-build-it-all dept.

niktesla writes "Scientific American is carrying a story about sythetic life - genetic engineered "machines" made from DNA building blocks called "BioBricks". The goal is to produce a library of building blocks that can be assembled to give predictable results. Reminds me of the technology behind Blade Runner's replicants."

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  1. And so it begins... by ScottGant · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Hello Skynet...hello Blade Runner...and all the other sci-fi prophecies we were warned about in the past.

    I for one welcome...well, you know the drill.

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  2. Sythtic Life by beders · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Is this similar to synthetic life?

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  3. At what price progress? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    When we are interfering with the building blocks of life and our creations prove either unable to survive (eradicating themselves in the process) or more able than current lifeforms (eradicating current ones in the process), what does that make us?

    Should we be interfering in these matters? We have already adversely impacted a number of life forms (see endangered and extinct species) and we are certainly more fallible than the Divine.

    There are some things that we should probably not touch - and this is one of them.

  4. teh funny by chegosaurus · · Score: -1, Redundant

    looking forward to lots of *hilarious* posts pointing out the typo on the front page. OMG! LOL!!!!!