Scientist Craig Venter creates life for first time in laboratory sparking debate about 'playing god'
Source: the original report
Dr Craig Venter, a MULTI-MILLIONAIRE PIONEER IN GENETICS, AND HIS TEAM HAVE MANAGED to make a completely new "synthetic" life form from a mix of chemicals.
They manufactured a new chromosome from artificial DNA in a test tube, then TRANSFERRED IT INTO AN EMPTY CELL and watched it multiply – the very definition of being alive.
The man-made single cell "creature", which is a MODIFIED VERSION OF ONE OF THE SIMPLEST BACTERIA ON EARTH, proves that the technology works.