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Nature Biotechnology 26, 296–297 (1 March 2008) | doi:10.1038/nbt0308-296

Synthetic genomes brought closer to life

Robert A Holt

Our ability to stitch together and manipulate large DNA pieces created from chemically synthesized fragments just took another leap forward. Gibson et al. have succeeded in building a synthetic version of the Mycoplasma genitalium genome.