Craig Venter is at it again. He has published new data in Science demonstrating the viability of an artificial genome in a bacterium. The bacteria phenotype is consistent with the synthetic genome showing that the artificial DNA is directing the cell. A summary can be found here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10132762.stm. Of course, there are a host … [Read more...] about Artificial Life Produced