Only God can create life.
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it says constructed, not created.. creating would be if they made something from nothing, and from my understanding they are piecing together already created organisms to construct the final product.
i did not read the whole report, nor do i care to, so feel free to correct me.
i did not read the whole report, nor do i care to, so feel free to correct me.
Last edited by DarkStarr; May 22, 2010 at 09:14 AM.
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They designed the dna in a computer and then assembled the nucleotides and put them in an empty (non-living cell). What they started with was chemicals and what they ended with was brand new life.
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Based on which code? DNA? Yeah, that is definitely an original idea.
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and is the proof of principle that genomes can be designed in the computer, chemically made in the laboratory and transplanted into a recipient cell to produce a new self-replicating cell controlled only by the synthetic genome
But really, the cell was already there. They essentially just gave it some instructions. And bacteria are prokaryotes, waaayyy simpler than eukaryotes. Dinking around with bacteria compared to eukaryotic cells is like playing with lawnmotor engines then going on to design a nuclear reactor. Whole different ball game. When they create a synthetic mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, nucleus, lysosome or some other eukaryotic organelle then I'll be truly impressed.
Keep in mind, religious or not, playing with genetics and actually creating a life form in it's entirety is completely different. Personally, I think we'll be able to do it one day, but this isn't it.
