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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2002

The Department of Energy awarded a $3 million grant to scientists whose goal is to create a new living organism.

Dr. J. Craig Venter of the Institute for Genomic Research and Nobel laureate Hamilton O. Smith are running the project. They are using earlier work that indicated a single-cell organism can begin with a small number of genes.

The scientists say the cell won't harm humans and will be designed to die if it enters the environment.

Get the Story:
Scientists Planning to Make New Form of Life (The Washington Post 11/21)
Scientist to Attempt Creation of Living Cell (The New York Times 11/21)
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Relevant Links:
Institute for Genomic Research - http://www.tigr.org