Doctor Believes Artificial Life Is Just Months Away
Monday, August 31st, 2009 - by Terry MelansonOn Friday, controversial biologist Dr Craig Venter said that the creation of artificial life was mere months from taking place.
Venter reported that his team of researchers at the J Craig Venter Institute in Maryland had transferred the DNA of one type of bacteria into a yeast cell before modifying it and transferring in into another cell, according to the Daily Mail.
Researchers said the new method allowed them to clone the entire bacterial genome from Mycoplasma mycoides by adding yeast centromeric plasmid sequence to the bacterial chromosome and modifying it in yeast using yeast genetic systems.

