Scientists created the first yeast with artificial DNA
Scientists have finally managed to create the first synthetic yeast chromosomes, but keeping them together is a lot harder.
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Scientists have finally managed to create the first synthetic yeast chromosomes, but keeping them together is a lot harder.
Researchers have combined over seven synthetic chromosomes that were made in the lab into a single yeast cell, resulting in a strain with more than 50% synthetic DNA.
A global consortium of scientists has successfully combined 7.5 synthetic chromosomes into a single yeast cell which is more than 50% synthetic, and replicates in a similar way to wild yeast.
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