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Scientists Create Synthesized DNA Thursday, June 26, 2008 - Roni Barr Home >> News >> Biology   
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DNA, which provides the genetic code for everything from bacteria to blue whales, is composed of combinations of just four units, or bases. Floyd Romesberg, a chemist at the Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, along with his team of researchers has recently successfully created two artificial DNA bases, dubbed alpha and beta, respectively. They hope to expand biology’s potential by adding more bases to the preexisting mix. These new bases can be replicated using standard laboratory techniques and this new expanding of the blueprint of life could yield cheaper drugs and new nanomachines.
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TFOT recently covered the discovery of the fat gene by researchers at William Harvey Research Institute and the London School of Medicine as well as a DNA computer that puts microbes to work, and the revelation of the electronic structure of DNA. More about these third (and forth) pairs of bases can be found on the Scripps Research Institute website. |
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