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A bacterium that can read man-made DNA – The Economist

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2017-11-30 NEWS

The Economist

A bacterium that can read man-made DNA
The Economist
Each unnatural amino acid to be inserted is represented by a novel codon that includes one of the team’s synthetic bases. In other words, their bacterium can quite happily read an entirely new, human-created extension to the standard genetic code, and
Cells with DNA made in lab lead to ‘Holy Grail’ of synthetic biologyPress Herald
DNA 2.0: Partly synthetic bacteria contain never-seen-before genetic ‘letters’The Japan Times
Scientists train bacteria to build unnatural proteins89.3 KPCC
Scientific American –MIT Technology Review –Cosmos –The Scripps Research Institute
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CRISPR’s not the only gene editing tool in town. Check out these …
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When it comes to genome editing, CRISPR is undeniably king. But these molecular scissors aren’t the only tools used to rejigger genetic material.
Are Zinc Finger Nucleases Making a Comeback? | GENGenetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (blog)

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