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https://labiotech.eu/industrial/synt...gy-eth-zurich/
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Back in 2008, US researchers led by the famous biologist John Craig Venter made headlines for synthesizing the genome of the bacterial species Mycoplasma genitalium from scratch. Like Venter’s group, the Swiss group synthesized the genome of a bacterium, Caulobacter ethensis, a benign species that lives in freshwater. Unlike Venter’s group, however, they simplified the genome down to a bare-bones version, called C. ethensis-2.0.
Simplifying the bacterial genome is useful because it makes it easier to synthesize the genome — a technically challenging process — and to study the minimal genes needed for a cell to live. This could one day let scientists design simplified micro-organisms that are more efficient at producing DNA-based therapeutics and manufacturing enzymes and nutrients.
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