Whitechapel - Craig Venter creates synthetic life form 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239553#Comment_239553 2010-05-20T10:55:00-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 Vornaskotti http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6665 So there it is finally, Venter got his artificial genome made and living in actual cell lines. As a microbiology and genetics buff I find this incredibly cool and ...
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/05/20/craig-venter-creates.html]]> Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239558#Comment_239558 2010-05-20T11:37:45-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 icelandbob http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5250 i loved the final sentence of the announcement "the cells with only the synthetic genome are self replicating and capable of logarithmic growth." Although it looks as if they haven´t ...
"the cells with only the synthetic genome are self replicating and capable of logarithmic growth."


Although it looks as if they haven´t created "life", just taken a certain genome, digitized it completely, altered it and then placed the new genome into another cell. But the evil mad scientist possibilities are endless!

so when is Warren getting his jar of Grey goo in the post?]]> Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239560#Comment_239560 2010-05-20T11:45:58-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 roadscum http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7712 Very clever stuff but not exactly built from scratch, more like reverse engineering a bacterial genome and squirting it into an empty cell. Damn! Bob beat me to it! Why does this remind me of ...
Damn! Bob beat me to it!

Why does this remind me of the Tu4?]]> Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239568#Comment_239568 2010-05-20T12:23:57-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 StefanJ http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=961 Most people will ignore this until you can screw synthetic life forms, or prevent people people from screwing synthetic life forms. Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239573#Comment_239573 2010-05-20T13:21:45-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 icelandbob http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5250 i want monkey with 4 arses!! Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239577#Comment_239577 2010-05-20T14:24:14-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 keyofsilence http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7294 Awesome. Bring on the advances in... damn, pretty much every aspect of life. I want a genetically engineered monkey butler. Just as long as they don't rise up and overthrow humanity.
I want a genetically engineered monkey butler. Just as long as they don't rise up and overthrow humanity.]]> Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239581#Comment_239581 2010-05-20T15:00:11-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 James Puckett http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2911 Here come the toothless eels! Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239589#Comment_239589 2010-05-20T15:23:42-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 icelandbob http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5250 For the love of god, please don´t let Warren or Grant Morrison get hold of this technology..... Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239594#Comment_239594 2010-05-20T15:56:31-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 Nygaard http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=431 So, how many steps left until the "Synthesize your pet" facebook app-game? Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239630#Comment_239630 2010-05-20T20:19:54-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 David Matthew http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2886 @StefanJ: People are already pushing for the 'banning' part: Synthia is Alive … and Breeding: Panacea or Pandora's Box? In 2006, ETC Group joined with other organizations to demand the formal, ... Synthia is Alive … and Breeding: Panacea or Pandora's Box?
In 2006, ETC Group joined with other organizations to demand the formal, open and inclusive oversight of synthetic biology and have since called for a global halt on research pending the development of global regulations. ETC Group has reiterated that call at a scientific meeting of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity in Nairobi attended by more than 100 governments.
]]> Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239652#Comment_239652 2010-05-20T23:28:48-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 Vornaskotti http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6665 icelandbob & roadscum: I know that doesn't sound like much but it's still a really big thing and a great proof of concept. Replicating existing life is still creating artificial life. They are ...
I know that doesn't sound like much but it's still a really big thing and a great proof of concept. Replicating existing life is still creating artificial life. They are fiddling with single cell organisms, but the only difference to reconstructing a human DNA and growing up a person is the scale - and I don't doubt people wouldn't be blase about someone with a hand copied and constructed genome.

This was an Wright brothers' flight. Sure, it doesn't look like much now, but...

Yeah, I'm a microbiology/genetics buff, how did you notice? :)]]> Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239749#Comment_239749 2010-05-21T07:00:54-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 mister hex http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4411 @Vornaskotti -This was an Wright brothers' flight. Sure, it doesn't look like much now, but... Not to be a downer but the Wright Brothers eventually, inevitably led to aerial carpet bombing. ... @Vornaskotti -This was an Wright brothers' flight. Sure, it doesn't look like much now, but...



Not to be a downer but the Wright Brothers eventually, inevitably led to aerial carpet bombing. Surprisingly quickly, too ...
]]> Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239758#Comment_239758 2010-05-21T07:41:27-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 Vornaskotti http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6665 mister hex: "Not to be a downer but the Wright Brothers eventually, inevitably led to aerial carpet bombing. Surprisingly quickly, too ..." Yeah, and no doubt the cousin of the guy ...
"Not to be a downer but the Wright Brothers eventually, inevitably led to aerial carpet bombing. Surprisingly quickly, too ..."

Yeah, and no doubt the cousin of the guy who invented fire burned down his hovel :)]]> Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239790#Comment_239790 2010-05-21T09:18:27-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 city creed http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4530 I loved the ticker line on the BBC news for this story: "Critics say technology could be dangerous" which at least has the virtue of being true... about everything. "Critics say technology could be dangerous"
which at least has the virtue of being true... about everything.]]> Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239804#Comment_239804 2010-05-21T09:49:47-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155 I'm sure that this will come as A Great Surprise to Everyone(tm) but the Church is not exactly pro-this. the Church is not exactly pro-this.]]> Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239807#Comment_239807 2010-05-21T09:57:39-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 keyofsilence http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7294 @citruscreed "Critics say Technology could be dangerous"
"Critics say Technology could be dangerous"]]> Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239809#Comment_239809 2010-05-21T10:06:41-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155 @newspaperdrone "Critics say that Air could be dangerous"
"Critics say that Air could be dangerous"]]> Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239813#Comment_239813 2010-05-21T10:20:19-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 ChristianW http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1607 Went to the BBC link Below this headline: 'Artificial life' breakthrough announced by scientists there was a picture. Go look. And I thought: "Well, hell - blue nipples. Craig Venter has ... link

Below this headline: 'Artificial life' breakthrough announced by scientists there was a picture. Go look.

And I thought: "Well, hell - blue nipples. Craig Venter has really outdone himself."

Happy holidays...]]> Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239835#Comment_239835 2010-05-21T11:35:04-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 taphead http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2284 Dresden Codak on early science. Dresden Codak on early science.]]> Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239887#Comment_239887 2010-05-21T14:36:39-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 Audley Strange http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4475 Anyone else find it amusing how we've become so blasé about scientific breakthroughs these days? Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239889#Comment_239889 2010-05-21T14:44:54-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 Fan http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6919 > Anyone else find it amusing how we've become so blasé about scientific breakthroughs these days? Small steps: it's been a few years since they learned to read/sequence the genome; now, ... Anyone else find it amusing how we've become so blasé about scientific breakthroughs these days?

Small steps: it's been a few years since they learned to read/sequence the genome; now, apparently, they have the technology to copy/write the genome ... but that's just an incremental advance, isn't it.]]> Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239899#Comment_239899 2010-05-21T15:30:10-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 Audley Strange http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4475 Possibly. I just think if they even revealed a cloned Tyrannosaur people would still be going "meh... it's alright." Perhaps I'm wrong to think such things are mind bogglingy wonderous. Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239901#Comment_239901 2010-05-21T15:38:19-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 Fan http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6919 I would be blasé if they used reconstructed Tyrannosaur DNA (impressed that the Tyrannosaur DNA had lasted well enough, albeit in fragments, for them to reconstruct it). I'd be very impressed if ...
I'd be very impressed if they understood DNA well enough to create a Tyrannosaur from scratch, i.e. to invent the DNA that would produce e.g. a Tyrannosaur.]]> Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239916#Comment_239916 2010-05-21T16:50:11-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 James Puckett http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2911 Anyone else find it amusing how we've become so blasé about scientific breakthroughs these days? It’s not as if they’re uncommon. Trying to keep up on them all is like trying to keep up on ... Anyone else find it amusing how we've become so blasé about scientific breakthroughs these days?

It’s not as if they’re uncommon. Trying to keep up on them all is like trying to keep up on rock-throwing incidents in the Middle East. Which is pretty cool.]]> Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239957#Comment_239957 2010-05-21T23:38:11-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 David Matthew http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2886 I'm only be impressed when it's fetching me a cold beer. Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=239990#Comment_239990 2010-05-22T04:25:14-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 Thanatosser http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8858 I'll only be impressed when David has to fetch it a cold beer. Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=240526#Comment_240526 2010-05-24T19:01:24-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 city creed http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4530 Poor Synthia, barely a week old and already caught up in a bitter custody battle... Link "I've read through some of these patents and the claims are very, very broad indeed," Professor ... Link

"I've read through some of these patents and the claims are very, very broad indeed," Professor Sulston told BBC News.

"I hope very much these patents won't be accepted because they would bring genetic engineering under the control of the J Craig Venter Institute (JCVI). They would have a monopoly on a whole range of techniques."

A spokesman for Dr Venter, of the J Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) in Maryland and California, said: "There are a number of companies working in the synthetic genomic/biology space and also many academic labs.

"Most if not all of these have likely filed some degree of patent protection on a variety of aspects of their work so it would seem unlikely that any one group, academic centre or company would be able to hold a 'monopoly' on anything.
]]> Craig Venter creates synthetic life form http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8263&Focus=240529#Comment_240529 2010-05-24T19:51:06-07:00 2013-06-19T23:56:22-07:00 Oxbrow http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=894 Charlie Brooker in today's Guardian was particularly amused by Venter describing it as a "dual-use technology", which is a brilliantly non-specific way of saying "good or evil". Charlie Brooker in today's Guardian was particularly amused by Venter describing it as
a "dual-use technology", which is a brilliantly non-specific way of saying "good or evil".
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