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Scientists have made yeast cells with over 50% synthetic DNA.
The new yeast strain has 7.5 synthetic chromosomes out of 16.
The synthetic yeast can survive and reproduce just like normal yeast.
The researchers plan to make a yeast strain with a fully synthetic genome.
The synthetic yeast could be used to produce new drugs and fuels.
The project is carried out by group of labs, called the Sc2.0 consortium and is pushing the boundaries of what we can engineer in biology.
The findings of the study are published in the journal Nature.
