The guy who raced the government to a draw sequencing the human genome took a step toward synthesizing life yesterday, when he and his colleagues reported transforming one organism into another.

• 在描绘人类基因组计划上和政府竞争的那个人在昨天已经向合成生命之路上迈进了一步，当他和他的同事报道正在把一种有机体转化入另一种中时。