“We were ecstatic when the cells booted up with all the watermarks in place. It’s a living species now, part of our planet’s inventory of life … This is an important step both scientifically and philosophically. It has certainly changed my views of definitions of life and how life works.”
Dr. Craig Venter, pioneering U.S. geneticist, who with a research team has created the world’s first synthetic life form. (Guardian)
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