Researchers Creating Life From Scratch - Yahoo! News: "BERKELEY, Calif. - They're called 'synthetic biologists' and they boldly claim the ability to make never-before-seen living things, one genetic molecule at a time.
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They're mixing, matching and stacking DNA's chemical components like microscopic Lego blocks in an effort to make biologically based computers, medicines and alternative energy sources. The rapidly expanding field is confounding the taxonomists' centuries-old system of classifying species and raising concerns about the new technology's potential for misuse."