Scientists Create Synthetic Organism

The Wall Street Journal ^ | 5/21/2010 | Robert Lee Hotz

[Jeff Chandler]

[Army Air Corps]

Why do I get a “B-grade sci-fi film” vibe from this...

[aruanan]

Heralding a potential new era in biology, scientists for the first time have created a synthetic cell, completely controlled by man-made genetic instructions, researchers at the private J. Craig Venter Institute announced Thursday.

First of all, they replaced the genome of a cell. They didn't create the cell. Second, DNA doesn't control a cell, it is the library of blueprints of proteins that a living cell needs to access to keep on living.

[mtg]

There are going to be some people who will claim this proves life began naturally. Just watch.

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

You can synthesize the ultimate doomsday biological weapon.

[mlocher]

Scientists Create Synthetic Organism

Liberals are a synthetic organism......Very similar to an amoeba.

[mlocher]

"This is literally a turning point in the relationship between man and nature," said molecular biologist Richard Ebright at Rutgers University, who wasn't involved in the project. "For the first time, someone has generated an entire artificial cell with predetermined properties."

If you are a molecular biologist that also believes in evolution, then you would believe that the artificial cell with predetermined properties would eventually evolve into something that is not pre-deterimined. And if you were an ethical molecular biologist that also believes in evolution, you would realize that this is not a good thing.

[dasboot]

LOL!!! I left the thread, and got it about a minute later. Genius!!

[TXnMA]

"Why do I get a “B-grade sci-fi film” vibe from this..."

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Actually, a line from Star Wars comes to mind:

"I've got a bad feeling about this..."

[Michael Barnes]

This just proves life began naturally.

[Army Air Corps]

Indeed!

[handmade]

Better a “B grade” sci-fi vibration than my first thought when I misread the title.

[Army Air Corps]

Indeed!

[Huskrrrr]

I just designed a self-replicating post.

[Huskrrrr]

I just designed a self-replicating post.

[ETL]

"The "orgasmatron" is a fictional device in the fictional future society of 2173 in the Woody Allen movie Sleeper. It is a large cylinder big enough to contain one or two people. ... Once entered, it contains some (otherwise undescribed) future technology that rapidly induces orgasms. This is required, as almost all people in the Sleeper universe are impotent or frigid, although males of Italian descent are considered the least impotent of all groups."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgasmatron

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

Very Funny.

[ETL]

Lol! Sorry, I misread “synthetic organism” as “synthetic ORGASM”!

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

I knew what you meant.