Scientists produce yeast strain with more than half synthetic DNA in major breakthrough
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In a major breakthrough, scientists have developed a strain of yeast with more than half of its genome being made of synthetic DNA.
Scientists have accomplished a major milestone in the journey to creating complex cells with an entirely synthetic genome. Biologists created a strain of yeast which has a genome that is more than 50 per cent synthetic DNA. Half of the 16 chromosomes of the strain were designed and created from scratch.
The impressive feat was the result of a collaboration of a group of labs that have been trying to create a strain of yeast with a fully synthetic genome for the last 15 years—the Sc2.0 consortium. Their latest achievement has been described in a series of papers in the journals Cell and Cell Genomics.
In a major breakthrough, scientists have developed a strain of yeast with more than half of its genome being made of synthetic DNA. Scientists have accomplished a major milestone in the journey to creating complex cells with an entirely synthetic genome. Biologists created a strain of yeast which has a…
In a major breakthrough, scientists have developed a strain of yeast with more than half of its genome being made of synthetic DNA. Scientists have accomplished a major milestone in the journey to creating complex cells with an entirely synthetic genome. Biologists created a strain of yeast which has a…