A model of DNA's double helix structure. (Image courtesy of the Center for Structural Biology at Yale University)
A giant step toward manmade life
Broadcast: Midmorning, 03/25/2008, 10:06 a.m.
Scientists have stitched together the chemical components of an entire bacterium. Midmorning looks at the ethical implications of this feat, and finds out what other building blocks of life they've discovered.
Guests
Jeffrey Kahn: Director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Minnesota.







