Scientists Move A Step Closer To Making Synthetic Life
Bacteria engineered with an expanded genetic alphabet can produce novel proteins, which could lead to the development of new drugs.
Scientists say they have created a partly man-made bacterium that can produce proteins not found in nature. This new life form, the latest development in a field called "synthetic biology," could eventually be used to produce novel drugs.
The Scripps Research Institute's and colleagues have been pushing toward this goal for well over a decade. Three years ago, they announced that they had added two more letters to the
