This wire story rounds up some of the latest research (and some of the most hilarious quotes) in the synthetic biology field. "Wet artificial life," as the story calls it, will be major news in the next three to 10 years; the article quotes Mark Bedau, chief operating officer of ProtoLife, as saying, "It's going to be a big deal and everybody's going to know about it." The story also mentions work from Jack Szostak at Harvard and Steven Benner at the Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution.
Alert! A Life-Altering Technology Revolution Is Just Around the Corner
Aug 22, 2007
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