oceansoul
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
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Scientists in America have created what they are calling synthetic life.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/science_and_environment/10132762.stm
Creating a new life form from scratch by combining Biology and Computer technology.
Discuss.
(SG1 fans will understand this) Sounds a bit like the replicators to me
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DizzyRebel
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Not quite replicators lol.
Could be good, but no doubt will fall into the wrong hands and take biological warfare to a whole new level.
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sand-eel
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Not truely synthetic as they just copied another cell into another cell, they didn't actually construct a new cell from scratch.
Still though in 50 years time...who knows the possibilities.
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