A global team of researchers has managed to create five new synthetic yeast chromosomes, according to papers published in the journal Science. The achievement means that 30% of the organism's genetic material has been replaced with engineered components. Synthetic yeast has applications in the manufacturing of medicine and the treatment of disease. The papers "confirm that newly created systems and software can answer basic questions about the nature of genetic machinery", said Dr Baker, the project's lead scientist.
A global team of researchers has managed to create five new synthetic yeast chromosomes, according to papers published in the journal Science. The achievement means that 30% of the organism's genetic material has been replaced with engineered components. Synthetic yeast has applications in the manufacturing of medicine and the treatment of disease. The papers "confirm that newly created systems and software can answer basic questions about the nature of genetic machinery", said Dr Jef Boeke, the project's lead scientist.