Science gets closer to artificial life with first synthetic chromosome

Science gets closer to artificial life with first synthetic chromosome

Science, man. An international team of scientists have made a major breakthrough in synthetic biology. For the first time ever, they were able to insert a man-made, custom-built chromosome into brewer’s yeast to not only create a life form but one that also passes down its man-made genes to its offspring. We’re closer to creating artificial life.

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Chromosomes Actually Look Like an Insane Ball of Spaghetti

Remember back in high school biology class when you had to sketch the structure of a cell? Chromosomes were always fun because you know they’d be these smooth X’s stuffed with DNA. Well, I hate to break it to you, but science doesn’t actually work like that.

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Health Kicks Actually Seem to Reverse Cell Ageing

Health Kicks Actually Seem to Reverse Cell AgeingHealth kicks might help you feel better about yourself, but new research suggests that they could actually be reversing ageing at the cellular level, too.

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