Venter hopes his findings will be the first of a long line of lab-made creatures in synthetic biology.

文特尔希望他的发现将是合成生物学领域第一个实验室制造的生物。

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That means it will soon be possible for almost anybody to make DNA to order, and dabble in synthetic biology.

这意味很快几乎任何人都可以订制DNA并涉足合成生物学这个领域。

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And the advances in synthetic biology required to transform those first delicate mirror cells into anything that could survive in the wild are even more remote.

合成生物学需要将这些起初纤弱无比的镜像细胞转变成能在自然环境中生存的某种生命，但这样的科学进步近乎遥遥无期。

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"This is basically the next step in synthetic biology, " says Brian Baynes, Codon's chief scientific officer.

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And the minister also said he would set up leadership councils to help focus government policy in e-infrastructure and in synthetic biology.

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Lots of big scientific names are working in synthetic biology, which so far has produced lots of hype and headlines but few practical breakthroughs.

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