HOW TO MAKE ARTIFICIAL LIFE 1 Entire DNA of Mycoplasma mycoides, a bug that usually infects goats, is decoded Synthetic KA DNA code 2 Researchers buy fragments of DNA from a mail order catologue Each of the four bottles of chemicals contains a section of the code 3 The fragments are put into yeast, which stitches them together, gradually building a synthetic copy Maverick of the original DNA. Dr craig Venter Artificial DNA Natur 4 The artificial DNA is put into a recipient bacterium, which then grows and divides. creating two daughter cells. one with the artificial DNA and one with the natural dNA aNtibiotics in the petri dish kill the bacterium with the natural DNA, leaving the one with the synthetic DNA to multiply. 6 within Just a few hours, all traces of 7 Possible uses are bugs the recipient bug capable of producing cleal are wiped out and fuels and sucking carbon bugs with artificial dioxide out of the DNA thrive. New life atmosphere. Also microbe has been created capable of mopping up oil slicks(above)or generating drugs, induding the flu vaccine2