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'minimal' Cell Raises Stakes in Race to Harness Synthetic Life


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Craig Venter

Synthetic biologist Craig Venter, whose team embarked on its quest to whittle life down to its bare essentials two decades ago.

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Genomics entrepreneur Craig Venter has created a synthetic cell that contains the smallest genome of any known, independent organism.

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