Vanessa writes:
We can not create the simplest life form, so it is premature to say it is simple
Hi Vanessa
Life is anything but simple. I think what was meant is that when it was first formed it was necesarily simpler than say, a dog or a geranium. That much seems obvious.
But don't be too quick to suppose that we're not able to create new life yet.
"Scientists have developed the first cell controlled by a synthetic genome which may allow them to probe the basic machinery of life and engineer bacteria specially designed to solve environmental or energy problems.
The research team, led by Craig Venter, has already chemically synthesized a bacterial genome, and transplanted the genome of one bacterium to another. Now, the scientists have put both methods together, to create what they call a "synthetic cell," although only its genome is synthetic."
Is Synthia Life From Scratch? No, But A Cell Controlled By A Synthetic Genome May Save Our Energy Future | Science 2.0
The first life would be even simpler than a bacterium, very much simpler in fact - just a bundle of chemicals. Our knowledge of bio-engineering is only just beginning, you can expect an awful lot of prgress in the next 20 years or so.
Btw, I'm typing this on an iPad, you can do quotes - just takes a bit of jiggerypokery. [squrae brackets can be found by pressing the .?123 key, bottom left, then the #+= key. Slash - / - is .?123.]
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