Muzz
16th August 2011, 14:01
This Worm Is the First Animal Engineered to Produce Biological Blocks Not Found in Nature
http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/article_image_large/articles/_54557832_nematode.jpeg
Researchers at Cambridge claim they’ve engineered the first animal with artificial information embedded in its genetic code in such a way that it generates biological molecules that have never been seen before in nature. That is, it churns out an amino acid that is wholly new, rather than one of the 20 found in natural living things.
link (http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-08/first-animal-modified-produce-biological-blocks-not-found-nature)
http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/article_image_large/articles/_54557832_nematode.jpeg
Researchers at Cambridge claim they’ve engineered the first animal with artificial information embedded in its genetic code in such a way that it generates biological molecules that have never been seen before in nature. That is, it churns out an amino acid that is wholly new, rather than one of the 20 found in natural living things.
link (http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-08/first-animal-modified-produce-biological-blocks-not-found-nature)