The J. Craig Venter Institute filed an application to patent a minimal genome, consisting of fewer than 400 genes required to sustain life, with the aim, apparently, of cornering the market in synthetic life-forms designed to produce ethanol or hydrogen fuel.
The J. Craig Venter Institute filed an application to patent a minimal genome, consisting of fewer than 400 genes required to sustain life, with the aim, apparently, of cornering the market in synthetic life-forms designed to produce ethanol or hydrogen fuel.