Thread: The world's first synthetic life form has been created.

Originally Posted by tkdyo

very interesting. I applaud the efforts and cant wait to see what uses come to fruition. Im especially excited about the fuel and medical implications. But, does it really count as wholly synthetic when they had to put it in another cell? Or is it more synthetic like an android would be synthetic?

Originally Posted by Catbus

I thought the same thing. I think calling it an android might be a better description, but I guess it kind of boils down to semantics for the most part.

If I'm not mistaken, the cell is like a computer and what they put into the cell was the code (like an OS) so.. I don't know.. o.O

On another note, this is really awesome. Some Christians are worried that Vetner is playing God. If you ask me, we kicked God off the throne when we cloned the first vertebrate in 1952. But that's just my opinion.