Scientists Build First Man-Made Genome

[Shaun Martin]

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/01/synthetic_genome

Any thoughts on this one?

[raptor]

Can you say,   I am Legend ?

[arcdrag]

"Synthetic biologists' ambitious goal is to arrange those letters to create never-before-seen organisms that will do their bidding"

Does this quote from the article sound like something Dr. Evil would say to anyone else? 

[Shaun Martin]

Let us genetically engineer sharks with lasers on their heads!

[CoryLehan]

Can you say,   I am Legend ?

Seconded.  Gotta be careful.  One mistake could mean big problems.

[Jesse Cook]

Let us genetically engineer sharks with lasers on their heads!

Um...did you read the Siggraph application from last year...or are you just on the same wavelength?  One of the stories they asked you to write about had to do with Sharks with lasers mounted on their heads...

Quote from: Scott Miller on 01/30/08 03:17
Can you say,   I am Legend ?
Seconded.  Gotta be careful.  One mistake could mean big problems.

yeah...or Resident Evil

[Alex Towell]

Seems to be quite an achievement.

From what I understand from the article, this opens up the possibility of using "nature's machinary" to engineer at a molecular / cellular level.

Could this be a first step towards the Universal assembler in nanotechnology?

[CoryLehan]

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/227

Follow-up TED video by lead biologist Craig Venter.  Very cool video, I'm tempted to take up a career in this field even more now.