REGENSBURG, GERMANY--(Marketwire - January 28, 2008) - GENEART AG, the global market leader in gene synthesis and specialist in the field of synthetic biology, is announcing that parts of the first synthetic bacterial genome created by the Craig Venter Institute were produced in the laboratories of the Regensburg Company. Craig Venter has reached a milestone in the synthetic biology field by creating the genome, with a length of 580,000 base pairs. The research results, which were published in the "Science" professional journal last Thursday, provide the necessary basis to create tailor-made bacteria for applications such as producing low-cost, environmentally friendly biofuels, efficiently manufacturing complex biopharmaceuticals, or breaking down pollutants. This represents another important step towards making synthetic biology available for commercial applications.
