Synthetic Life By the Year's End? Yes, Proclaims Craig Venter.

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By Eliza Strickland
Aug 25, 2009 1:34 AMNov 5, 2019 8:59 PM
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Although scientists may not have come close to cataloging all the different kinds of life on the planet, genetics pioneer Craig Venter is pressing ahead with his plans to create biology version 2.0. Venter is at the forefront of the new field of synthetic biology, in which scientists try to create all new organisms out of their component genetic parts:

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