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U.S. researchers say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time. Built with lab-made DNA, it can feed, grow, and multiply. (www.quantamagazine.org)
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People own individual animals, or even large groups of them, but no one claims ownership of an entire species ~ will that change?

If you've genetically engineered it yourself - does that mean you own all individual creatures created with that DNA?

Think this is an arcane concern? I bet the people who'll want to make money out of this tech won't be thinking the same way.

For the First Time, a Cell Built From Scratch Grows and Divides

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[+] -12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Wow you took over three years to prove this was correct. A turtle could finish this race before you can save yourselves over a trillion dollars.

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