Synthetic Life Could Help Colonize Mars, Biologist Says

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Synthetic Life Could Help Colonize Mars, Biologist Says
Man-made, CO2-munching lifeforms are already in the works, geneticist Craig Venter told a crowd here during an event Wednesday night. Venter and his team, who made headlines last year by creating the world's first synthetic organism, are trying to design cells that can use atmospheric carbon dioxide to make food, fuel, plastics and other products. This ability would obviously have huge implications here on Earth, but it could also help make Mars — whose thin atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide — a more livable place, Venter said.



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