Gene pioneer to create the first new artificial life form on Earth. — OZONE Asylum, home of the Mad Scientists

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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Red blood cells can't reproduce (they even loose their dna when differentiating from stem cells into red blood cells). Regular biological definition of life is 'has a metabolism and reproduces' - which excludes viri, red blood cells, and some other phenomena. A phage is nothing but a virus that attacks a bacterial host. Progress in biology is fast these days - dna sequencing becomes cheaper every day, and there are a lot of interesting techniques just at the horizon - I wouldn't be suprised to see that we master a more complete 'cell assembly' during my life time. And after all, it doesn't matter if you need to have other cells that produce the necessary surroundings. It only counts that it does what you want it to do ;) Loading...
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