Re: Scientists Build First Man-Made Genome; Synthetic Life Comes Next

> It was/is bound to happen.
>
> I have a hard time believing that scientists are anywhere near
> creating (accidently or purposefully) anything that will both survive
> in the real world and destroy any animal population or significant
> resource (water, oxygen, CO, etc).
>
> My assumption is that nature (evolution & darwin) would be (and has
> been) much more efficient at delivering deadly and dangerous microbes
> than scientists will be for decades to come.
>
> But I could be wrong.  At least most of this research is happening far
> from me so I should have a few days notice.  ;-D
>
> -Adam
>
> On 1/24/08, Apptech <apptech@...> wrote:
> > My cousin Matthew forwarded me this reference.
> > I was sure that it would just be more of the rubbish that pervades this
> > topic but decided to have a quick look to confirm my suppositions.
> >
> > The not quite smiling face of Craig Venter that heads the article told me
> > immediately that this is, after all, the real thing.
> > We stand on the bridge at Khazad-dûm. The not distant enough drums sound
> > their doom-doom call and it's not certain, yet, if Venter is himself the
> > Balrog or if he is soon to conjure it from the abyss. As he's one of my
> > select group of (anti?-)heroes I can't complain all too much.
> >
> > If you can't make head nor tail of that wait a few years and it will be the
> > only news going :-).
> >
> >            http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/01/synthetic_genome?currentPage=all
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >                Russell
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