November 1, 1987

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Artificial Chromosomes

In its infancy genetic engineering was confined to the manipulation of individual genes. Now the same strategies can be used to create whole chromosomes in order to investigate chromosome behavior

By Andrew W. Murray & Jack W. Szostak

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Jack W. Szostak is a professor of chemistry at the University of Chicago, leading the Center for the Origin of Life. He shared the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. He co-wrote, with astrophysicist Mario Livio, the book Is Earth Exceptional? The Quest for Cosmic Life (Basic Books, September 2024).

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 257 Issue 5This article was originally published with the title “Artificial Chromosomes” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 257 No. 5 (), p. 62
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1187-62
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