Release date: 2016-03-28
According to British media reports on the 25th, the research team led by Dr. Krieg Venter, the pioneer of the American genome research, successfully designed and manufactured Synthetic Cell Syn3.0, which contains only 473 genes, which is more than any other currently known. Bacteria have fewer genes and are the most basic forms of life on Earth. This is a major breakthrough in the field of life sciences. Humans are expected to use the genome to "customize" the production of microbes that clean biofuels based on the results of this research, as well as "customize" microorganisms that can absorb carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and can be "customized" to be available. A microorganism that is used as a vaccine.
Be the first to create "synthetic life"
According to the British "Daily Mail" reported on the 25th, the 69-year-old Dr. Krieg Venter is a Vietnam veteran and an entrepreneur with hundreds of millions of net worth. He founded the Jae Krieg Venter Institute in California, USA, and has the world's leading genomics research team. He joined the Human Genome Sequencing Project in 1995. In 2010, Dr. Venter announced that his research team had created “synthetic life†for the first time, which shocked the world. The research team made artificial synthetic life by first extracting DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) from M. mycoides, and "assembling" the gene fragments made from chemicals into the former to create a new DNA; This new DNA was then loaded into the evacuated goat mycoplasma to create new filamentous mycoplasma, which they called Syn1.0 synthetic cells. Syn1.0 synthetic cells can grow and self-replicate and are therefore a synthetic life.
Synthesize the simplest form of life
Today, the research team led by Dr. Venter goes one step further by genetically deleting the Syn1.0 synthetic cells and synthesizing the simplest forms of life.
According to reports, Syn1.0 synthetic cells contain 901 genes, while human genes have more than 20,000 genes. After repeated trials and repeated failures, the research team led by Dr. Venter finally figured out which genes are "most basic" for life.
The research team systematically added other heterogeneous genes to the genes of Syn1.0 synthetic cells, interfering with the function of synthetic cells to determine which genes in the original genome are essential for cell survival.
The research team then “disassembled†the genes that were considered unnecessary in the original genome and ensured that Syn1.0 synthetic cells continued to survive. The research team finally extracted the “disassembled†genome and injected it into the evacuated cells. This synthetic cell with only 473 genes still survives and replicates itself, and the research team named it Syn3.0 synthetic cells.
Source: Southern Metropolis Daily
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