Scientists create 'genetic firewall' for new forms of life

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 - 13:40 in Biology & Nature

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A year after creating organisms that use a genetic code different from every other living thing, two teams of scientists have achieved another "synthetic biology" milestone: They created bacteria that cannot survive without a specific manmade chemical, potentially overcoming a major obstacle to wider use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

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