1) They found dna from an already living organism and used this as a blueprint
2) They (re)created this blueprint from scratch, all the while adding new strands that is effectively useless but are watermarks (names and such).
3) They then assembled this from scratch which is a really big deal, this isn't merely adding parts to an already existing strand this is creating the entire strand.
4) They then cleanesed another type of bacterium of its own dna
5) They inserted the dna, and then ordered it to activate. This too is very difficult
5) While the original "bacterium" may have cell parts that weren't created from the inserted dna, they then had the newly created bacterium create a billion copies of itself. While the original may not be fully synthetic the descendants are after a time fully synthetic.
So while the original may have been made somewhat from nature, the descendants definitely have man's image on them.
2) They (re)created this blueprint from scratch, all the while adding new strands that is effectively useless but are watermarks (names and such).
3) They then assembled this from scratch which is a really big deal, this isn't merely adding parts to an already existing strand this is creating the entire strand.
4) They then cleanesed another type of bacterium of its own dna
5) They inserted the dna, and then ordered it to activate. This too is very difficult
5) While the original "bacterium" may have cell parts that weren't created from the inserted dna, they then had the newly created bacterium create a billion copies of itself. While the original may not be fully synthetic the descendants are after a time fully synthetic.
So while the original may have been made somewhat from nature, the descendants definitely have man's image on them.
This message last edited by Roland00 on 22/05/2010 at 01:53:50 AM
Scientists have created life! God reported to be "miffed"
20/05/2010 09:01:10 PM
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wait... what?
20/05/2010 09:40:44 PM
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Ummm, military technology has always been at the leading edge of research.
20/05/2010 09:57:20 PM
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I think that is what he said
20/05/2010 10:00:24 PM
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I would like to also remind that the military does not only research weapons.
20/05/2010 10:42:36 PM
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Copying one organisms DNA and putting it into another organisms cells is creating life?
21/05/2010 02:43:53 PM
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mmm, I would like to point out they did not merely COPY a creature's dna and put it elsewere
21/05/2010 04:23:52 PM
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But they synthesized existing DNA, right? Or am I missing something?
21/05/2010 04:39:23 PM
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Re: But they synthesized existing DNA, right? Or am I missing something?
21/05/2010 05:28:15 PM
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Huh, where'd you see that?
21/05/2010 05:36:39 PM
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In the original article where it was published, funnily enough
22/05/2010 03:18:36 PM
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Didn't realize you could read their articles for free at their site.
22/05/2010 03:26:52 PM
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In english this is what they did
22/05/2010 01:53:23 AM
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I do believe...
21/05/2010 03:11:58 PM
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