Synthetic genome nearly complete, paving way for bespoke organisms

Human-designed organisms could produce drugs and vaccines, convert waste into energy or grow organs for human transplant operations Scientists are close to completing an entire synthetic genome for a microbe that has been used in bread, beer and wine making for more than five thousand years, paving the way for a realm of new organisms designed by the human hand.The work on baker’s yeast marks a substantial advance in researchers’ ability to manufacture the code of life. While genetic