{"id":4626,"date":"2010-05-20T15:48:40","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T22:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/?p=4626"},"modified":"2010-05-20T15:50:40","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T22:50:40","slug":"artificial-life-created-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/2010\/05\/20\/artificial-life-created-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Artificial Life Created for the First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ArtificialLife.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4628\" title=\"ArtificialLife\" src=\"\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ArtificialLife.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"351\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ArtificialLife.jpg 351w, https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ArtificialLife-300x276.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/a>Scientists announced today that they have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2010\/05\/scientists-create-first-self-replicating-synthetic-life\/\">created the first artificial life form<\/a> in human history.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jcvi.org\/\">J. Craig Venter Institute<\/a> has informed the White House of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2010\/05\/20\/artificial-life-boots-up_n_583805.html\">incredible achievement<\/a> and the possible environmental and military repercussions are already being debated.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers used computers to create an artificial sequence of DNA.\u00a0 Then they inserted that DNA into hollowed-out cells which began to grow and replicate.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a new form of life created by human beings.\u00a0 This may be a far more important development than going to the moon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists announced today that they have created the first artificial life form in human history. The J. Craig Venter Institute has informed the White House of the incredible achievement and the possible environmental and military repercussions are already being debated. 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