A New Genetic Code Has Arrived — And It Could Change Life Forever - video Dailymotion

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Scientists have created Syn57, a completely synthetic bacterium with a genetic code unlike anything in nature. Unlike all known life, which uses 64 codons to build proteins, Syn57 only uses 57 — opening the door to new proteins, virus resistance, and safer genetic engineering. Built piece by piece using cutting-edge tools like CRISPR, this microbe is the most heavily redesigned organism ever made. Could this be the beginning of a new kind of life? WooGlobe Ref : WGA206928 For licensing and to use this video, please email licensing@wooglobe.com

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00:00Scientists have just created a brand new form of life, and it speaks a genetic language the natural world doesn't even understand.

00:07Meet Syn57, a lab-made version of E. coli that breaks all the rules of biology.

00:12While all living things use 64 DNA codons to build proteins, Syn57 uses just 57.

00:20Imagine DNA as a cookbook, where each codon is a three-letter recipe.

00:24Syn57 tosses out the duplicates, yet it still works perfectly.

00:28And here's where it gets wild.

00:31By freeing up those extra codons, scientists can now write entirely new recipes.

00:36That means building proteins nature never dreamed of.

00:39Even better?

00:40This microbe is virus-resistant.

00:42Viruses can't hijack Syn57 because they don't speak its DNA language.

00:47It's also safer.

00:48Its code is so different, it can't mix with wild organisms.

00:51To build it, scientists stitched together 38 massive DNA chunks using CRISPR and other gene tools.

00:58It grows slower than natural bacteria, but researchers are working on that.

01:03And the potential?

01:04Mind-blowing.

01:05Syn57 could create new medicines, materials, and maybe synthetic life unlike anything on Earth.

01:12Syn57 proves life doesn't need nature's rules to survive.

01:16The question now is, what kind of life could we create next?

01:19Syn NT's, in fact-fits-lijo, we're a 2nd class, in Spain.

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