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Posted Mon Dec 17 2007: from Washington Post: Synthetic DNA on the Brink of Yielding New Life Forms http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1197935052 "Scientists in Maryland have already built the world's first entirely handcrafted chromosome -- a large looping strand of DNA made from scratch in a laboratory, containing all the instructions a microbe needs to live and reproduce." [Read more stories about: GMOs] New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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