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Step Toward Synthetic Genomes (7/2/2007)

For the first time, researchers have replaced the whole genome of a bacterial cell with the genome of a closely related species. In a study published Thursday 28 June by the journal Science at its Science Express Web site, Carole Lartigue and colleagues describe how they transplanted the genome - in the form of naked DNA, virtually free of protein - and effectively turned one species of bacteria into another. ...> Full Article