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Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have engineered a bacterium that expands the chemical units that make up its DNA to include new building blocks not found in nature. The breakthrough suggests it will be possible to eventually synthesize novel proteins to create new drugs and materials. We spoke to Floyd Romesberg, associate professor of chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute, about the acheivement, its implications for synthetic biology, and what will be needed to advance the work.
May 14, 2014
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Expanding the Building Blocks of DNA
Podcast: May 19, 2014[Please login to post comments]
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