Craig Venter unveils "synthetic life"

http://www.ted.com Craig Venter and team make a historic announcement: they've created the first fully functioning, reproducing cell controlled by synthetic DNA. He explains how they did it and why the achievement marks the beginning of a new era for science.

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[goooooooooooooz]

you support evolution? Evolution is a natural force. It's like saying you support wind and sunlight.

lol

[Sam S]

This is not 'synthetic life'. This is the insertion of artificial genomic coding (coding that is almost solely based on existing sequence that is known to have worked in EXISTING organisms) into a different (but already existing) cell. It is a remarkable step forward but the content does not match the claims. He does it well, but Craig Venter is a huge sensationalist.

And no, I am not a creationist, just a humble genetics student.

[moaz korena]

This is some great stuff !!, any one knows where is it now? They definitely shouldn't stop there !

[Michael Da Re]

For all the religious people here preaching, go watch the movie/documentary called Zeitgeist.

[Michael Da Re]

For all the religious people preaching on here go watch the movie/documentary "Zeitgeist"

[Glenn Rose]

An amazing man who reminds me of the persistence of Thomas Edison in not giving up, while trying to discover something that could benefit mankind.

[asjkdvk]

Now pardon me for asking.. but are you retarded ? I asked a simple question at which I didn't actually expected an answer. I was just pointing out another way of looking at this problem you guys seem to have about God or not.

I'm curios how did you come up with any of those things you said previously, when I didn't say a thing about my belief system or anything related to it.

What I would like to see and hope I can't do shit about it, is you getting smarter and think before you wirite anything.

[bighands69]

So that is you basis for a belief in a fairy tale god that allows you to try and limit science and technology.

Luddites existed thousand of years ago thank goodness they were not able to hold things up then and will not be able to hold things up now.

Technology will keep advancing and there is nothing you can do.

[asjkdvk]

I belive in your momma.