Increasing our basic understanding of life, replacing the petrol-chemical industry, becoming a major source of energy, enhancing bioremediation, accelerating antibiotic and vaccine discovery and production. All of these things are now a possibility thanks to synthetic life now being created using computers. The following videos will help to explain exactly this is all about.


YouTube - Craig Venter unveils "synthetic life" (May 21st 2010)

YouTube - Craig Venter: On the verge of creating synthetic life (March 2008)