'Alien' life form is grown in a lab: Scientists add unnatural DNA strands to the genetic code of bacteria to create a new strain – Engineering Evil
Researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, introduced DNA molecules not found in nature to a common bacterium The E. coli bugs are able to grow and reproduce as normal despite containing two extra letters in their genetic code Research involved overcoming a billion years of evolution to get the expanded…
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