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Venter Denies Synthetic Cell Discovery Is Artificial Life, Vatican Agrees

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By James DeGiulio -- Last week, we reported that a research team led by Dr. Craig Venter had developed a "synthetic cell" controlled by purely synthetic DNA (see "Dr. Craig Venter Creates First Cell Controlled Entirely by Synthetic DNA") Dr. Venter and co-author Dr. Daniel Gibson have written an op-ed piece that was recently published in The Wall Street Journal, entitled "How We Created the First Synthetic Cell," which describes their scientific advance and addresses some of the ethical issues involved. Perhaps fearing a bioethical backlash, the two researchers vehemently deny that they have created life, instead suggesting that they...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on June 07, 2010 (boomark / email).