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Sizing up the 'synthetic cell'

Nature asked eight experts about the implications of the J. Craig Venter Institute's latest creation.

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  1. Gibson, D.A. et al., Science advance online publication doi:10.1126/science.1190719 (2010)

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Sizing up the 'synthetic cell'. Nature (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.255

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