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Vatican City, May 21 (Agencies):? VaticanBЂ ™ s newspaper on Friday praised the development of the first synthetic self-replicating bacterial cells, but said that the discovery does not make for the creation of life. BЂњIt at a high level in the field of genetic engineering, the step of replacing parts of DNA. In fact, this is not the creation of life, but the replacement of one of his motorsBЂ "LBЂ ™ Osservatore Romano said. Daily publishes news about the opening on the first page, entrusting the first to comment VaticanBЂ ™ s on the subject physician and neonatal bioethics Carlo Bellieni. Scientists in the United States say they have developed a cell by constructing bacteriumBЂ ™ s BЂњgenetic softwareBЂ "and transplanting them into the host cell. BЂњProclamations and newspapers aside, the result is interesting and can be used, but it must have rules, like everything that touches the heart of life, BЂ "LBЂ ™ Osservatore Romano said. While praising the virtues of genetic engineering on a daily basis has also warned that any manipulation of the genome must be done with great care, concluding that BЂњDNA great engine, but it's not life. BЂ "

Senior Italian Roman Catholic bishops have expressed concern on Friday at the creation of the first cell of synthetic life, which they said could be BЂњdevastatingBЂ" step. BЂњIn into the wrong hands, the new todayBЂ ™ s can lead to devastating step into the unknown tomorrow, BЂ "said Bishop Domenico Mogavero, head of legal affairs committee for the Italian bishops' conference, told La Stampa daily. BЂњMan comes to God, but he is not God: he remains a man, and he has the ability to give life through procreation, not through the construction of its artificial BЂ, "he added. A leading American researcher Craig Venter said in announcing the development on Thursday that the method can be used to develop bacteria specifically to help the production of biofuels or cleaning the environment. BЂњWe called synthetic as well as cells derived from a fully synthetic chromosome, made with four bottles of chemicals on a chemical synthesizer, starting with the information in the computer, BЂ "he said. Catholic religious leaders have expressed concern, however, that scientists BЂњplaying GodBЂ ". BЂњIt human nature, which gives the advantages of the human genome, and not the reverse. Nightmare is the manipulation of life be maintained, BЂ "said Mogavero. Bruno Forte, Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto in central Italy and theologian, said: BЂњThe anxiety can be resumed in one question BЂ "is that from a scientific point of view, you can also just from an ethical point of view? BЂ "

He added, in comments to the Corriere della Sera that he admired modern research and that the Church does not BЂњfundamentallyBЂ" against it, but was carefully monitoringt. Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said in an interview with ANSA news late Thursday that more was needed at the opening. BЂњThere were similar ads that some time has been changed. BЂ "

Maryland genome mapping pioneer J. Craig Venter announced that his teamBЂ ™ s project paves the way for the final, much harder goal: designing organisms that work differently than nature intended for a wide range of applications. Already heBЂ ™ to work with ExxonMobil, hoping to turn algae into fuel. And the report, being published Friday in the journal Science, it causes a disturbance in this emerging field of synthetic biology. BЂњItBЂ ™ It's been a long time, and it was worth the wait, BЂ "said Dr. George Church, Harvard Medical School genetics professor. BЂњItBЂ ™ SA milestone that has potential practical applications. BЂ "

Project to overcome some obstacles in the technique of large genomes, which will help promote the field of biological engineering, said Dr. Ron Weiss, Massachusetts Institute of Technology a leader in the field of synthetic biology. BЂњItBЂ ™ s an important step BЂ "Weiss said. Although the synthetic DNA should have a living cell to start work in the end she is playing and BЂњall elements in the cells over time can be attributed to this initial artificial DNA. ThatBЂ ™ s greatest achievement. BЂ "

Scientists have for years moved single genes and even large pieces of DNA from one species to another. Venter aimed to go further. Several years ago, his team transplanted the entire genome of the natural, all organismBЂ ™ genes, one bacterium strattera 40mg to another, and watched it take BЂ "turn goat embryo in the embryo of cattle. Next, the researchers built from scratch, other, less bacteriumBЂ ™ s genome, using the available laboratory shelf made of DNA fragments. FridayBЂ ™ Report brings together these two achievements to test the big question: Could synthetic DNA really take over and maintain a living cell? Anyway, it was done. BЂњThis life completely transforms from one form to another by changing the + software BЂ "said Venter, using a computer analogy to explain the role of DNABЂ ™ s. The researchers selected two kinds of Mycoplasma, simple germs that contain a single chromosome and do not have cell walls that form barriers in other bacteria. First, they are chemically synthesized gene M. mycoides, that goat embryo, twice the genome of the embryo theyBЂ ™ d previously built. .