Synthetic Alien Life Forms

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Channel: Civil Disturbia · 2017 · Science & Technology

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New Organisms With Synthetic DNA Could Lead to Entirely New Life Forms

Two synthetic base pairs have been added to the DNA of E Coli, and the microbes are thriving.

Researchers have succeeded in creating a new kind of life with partially synthetic DNA.

The E. coli microbes with synthetic DNA have an additional, lab-created "base pair" of molecules that researchers hope can be programmed so the organism produces new types of proteins that can be made into drugs. 

The research was published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

SOURCE: Popular Mechanics - 
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