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                    [Title] => Redesigning the human body
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Sport is all about breaking the limits of the human body.

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George Eberhardt turned 107 last month, and scientists would love to know how he and other older folks like him made it that far.

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Above is a clumsy attempt of a science writer like me to capture how the hottest achievement in science happened. Making use of the ingredients in a process that is detailed in the May 20 issue of the Journal Science, Craig Venter and the other 23 scientists used the tools and ingredients above to make a complete DNA not from nature but from the lab, giving life to an organism that multiplied.

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133961 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1489734 [AuthorName] => Maria Isabel Garcia [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 576835 [Title] => A step to artificial life: Manmade DNA powers cell [Summary] =>

Scientists announced a bold step Thursday in the enduring quest to create artificial life. They've produced a living cell powered by manmade DNA. While such work can evoke images of Frankenstein-like scientific tinkering, it also is exciting hopes that it could eventually lead to new fuels, better ways to clean polluted water, faster vaccine production and more.

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Among the hundreds of thousands of species of microalgae, a superhero is on the rise — meet Botryococcus braunii!

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