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Un articolo di Ian Sample sul Guardian racconta come dei ricercatori statunitensi siano riuscire a creare in laboratorio un microorganismo dotato di DNA sintetico, ovvero con basi azotate artificiali in aggiunta alle quattro classiche A,T,G,C.

From the moment life gained a foothold on Earth its story has been written in a DNA code of four letters. With G, T, C and A – the molecules that pair up in the DNA helix – the lines between humans and all life on Earth are spelled out. Now, the first living organisms to thrive with an expanded genetic code have been made by researchers in work that paves the way for the creation and exploitation of entirely new life forms.

 

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