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Another one from the folks at WIRED. Looks like Venter’s team finally did it. Well… sort of. Very impressive first steps though. Synthetic bio is extremely interesting… it’s like legos/electronics/etc. Lots of possibilities (bacteria making oil, sucking up CO2, etc.).

The cool thing is the focus on making modular parts that are quantitatively characterized (like data sheets for electronics components). I’ve been following synthetic bio developments for the past few years. Came across Google Video: Programming DNA" target="_blank">this a couple weeks ago. It’s a presentation from the latest CCC  meeting. It’s a talk by Drew Endy of MIT who started the first solid synthetic bio program there. Great talk!