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Before the first cell existed, who came first? Why scientists now believe in ‘Ghost Genes’ may be older than life itself

For decades, biology textbooks have told a neat, almost poetic story. Somewhere deep in Earth’s past, a tiny single-celled organism, called LUCA, stood at the beginning of everything. From it came ...
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Synthetic life form

In a latest medical breakthrough, the much-celebrated gene pioneer Craig Venter has claimed to create the world's first synthetic life form. A team of scientists assembled by Craig Venter, led by the ...