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John Craig Venter (born October 14, 1946) is an American biologist and entrepreneur. He is known for being one of the first to sequence the human genome and for creating the first cell with a synthetic genome.
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WASHINGTON -- Scientists announced a bold step Thursday in the enduring quest to create artificial life.
They've produced a living cell powered by manmade DNA.While such work can evoke images of Frankenstein-like scientific tinkering, it also is exciting hopes that it could eventually lead to new fuels, better ways to clean polluted water, faster vaccine production and more.Is it really an artificial life form?The inventors call it the world's first synthetic cell, although this initial step is more a re-creation of existing life -- changing one simple type of bacterium into another -- than a built-from-scratch kind.But Maryland genome-mapping pioneer J. Craig Venter said his team's project paves the way for the ultimate, much harder goal: designing organisms that work differently from the way nature intended for a wide range of uses. Already he's working with ExxonMobil in hopes of turning algae into fuel."This is the first self-replicating species we've had on the planet whose parent...The research agency in the U.S. Defense Department that helped foster the Internet wants someone to dream up a way to send people to a star.The winner will get half ...
Man-made forms of life are just fine in Uncle Sam's book, a new federal study into synthetic biology concludes.The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethica...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has done it. So has genome pioneer Craig Venter .And now American film actress Glenn Close has joined a handful of celebrities to have their ...
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Nothing to sneeze at _ decoding the common coldFriday, February 13, 2009 By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical WriterPrintWASHINGTON — Scientists have unraveled the genet...
Manmade Genome Maker Looks Ahead to LifeFriday, January 25, 2008By MATT MOORE, Associated Press WriterE-Mail Print Share: Digg Facebook StumbleUponDAVOS, Switzerland...
Scientists Produce Synthetic Bacterial DNAFriday, January 25, 2008Print APE. coli bacteria under an electron microscope.WASHINGTON — It's another step in the quest ...
Report: Scientists Create New Life Form in LabSaturday, October 06, 2007PrintA scientist who built a synthetic chromosome from laboratory chemicals is expected to an...
Scientists Create Synthetic GenomeThursday, January 24, 2008E-Mail Print Share:WASHINGTON — It's another step in the quest to create artificial organisms: Scientist...
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10 Holy Cross Priests Object to Obama Notre Dame InviteWednesday, April 08, 2009PrintSOUTH BEND, Ind. — Ten priests from the order that founded the University of N...
ROME (AP) — Catholic Church officials said Friday that the recently created first synthetic cell could be a positive development if correctly used, but warned scient...
There were 784,764 U.S. residents who described their race as white and black in the last census. But that number didn't include Laura Martin, whose father is black ...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Ten priests from the order that founded the University of Notre Dame say the school risks its "true soul" and could distance itself from the Roma...
Synthetic organisms engineered to use carbon dioxide as a raw material could help humans settle Mars one day, a prominent biologist says.Man-made, CO2-munching lifef...
DNA Pioneer's Genome Shows Unexpected VariationThursday, September 06, 2007PrintNEW YORK — People are less alike than scientists had thought when it comes to the bi...
Controversial biologist says artificial life is around the corner
The Defense Department first proposed Star Wars . Now it wants Star Trek .DARPA, the Pentagon's research agency that helped foster the Internet, wants someone to dre...
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