Viable virus manufactured in lab in two weeks
from
USA Today
bq. But an important technical bridge towards the creation of such life was crossed Thursday when genomics pioneer Craig Venter announced that his research group created an artificial virus based on a real one in just two weeks' time.
bq. When researchers created a synthetic genome (genetic map) of the virus and implanted it into a cell, the virus became "biologically active," meaning it went to work reproducing itself.
Fascinating stuff...
Posted by DaveH at November 14, 2003 11:13 AM