Researchers Create the World's First Fully Synthetic, Self-Replicating Living Cell

If figuring out how to quickly sequence genomes was but the first small step for genetics, Craig Venter has gone ahead and made a giant leap for the discipline. The J. Craig Venter Institute announced today that it has created the world’s first synthetic cell, boasting a completely synthetic chromosome produced by a machine.

“This is the first self-replicating species we’ve had on the planet whose parent is a computer,” Venter said in a press conference.

via J Venster Institute