PROSPECTS OF USE AND POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF THE CYNTHIA - BACTERIAL CELL USE ON THE BASIS OF THE COMPUTER-GENERATED GENOM
Scientists managed to design Cynthia - the first artificial microorganism with a minimum amount of genetic material, sufficient for independent life. Scientists intend to use such living systems to develop fundamentally new technologies for obtaining energy, freeing the ocean from pollution, as their development will allow creating bacteria "designed" specifically to solve specific problems. On the one hand, the synthesis of the minimal genome and the creation of an artificial bacterial cell - "Cynthia - 3.0" is an important open and serves as a powerful impetus for the development of biotechnology in various fields of science and production. However, from another point of view, this scientific achievement replaces the long natural course of evolution, invades the natural ecosystem, poses a threat to humanity.