Organisms created with synthetic DNA pave way for entirely new life forms Read moreThe scientists then built five of the chromosomes from chemicals in the lab. In time, all of the natural DNA on a chromosome was replaced with synthetic DNA. Yeast cells operating with the full complement of synthetic chromosomes are expected in 2018. One feature the scientists have built into the baker’s yeast DNA allows the cell’s genome to be scrambled at will. If scientists can master the manufacture of human genomes, they could potentially create batches of human cells for medical therapies that are resistant to viruses.

Source: The Guardian March 09, 2017 19:00 UTC