Scientists create artificial life!

[Bill]

overlords.

ironic considering your sig.

Yes, yes from the Simpsons. But 'masters' flows so much better with microscopic.

 

[Danalys]

When I mentioned, hopefully they can control it properly, I meant in regards to what Carcharodon said about it evolving if it doesn't have a proper half-life or kill switch involved. Not so much about it getting into the wrong hands.

this could actually neutralise any threats it could create in the wrong hands. some one makes a dangerous organism, but we could already have a health checking organism for early detection and a foreign body destroyer.

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

Somehow this breakthrough screams weapons. Jason Aaron's 'Wolverine: Weapon X' had the bad guys shooting bullets that carried 38 different kinds of cancer. I used to think that was outrageous, but damn...now even THAT is feasible.

 

[The Battousai]

Fix'd.

I think is a little bit different than conducting surgery on animals to make them capable of walking upright and speaking English

 

[Shemtov]

From what I've heard about Venter, he's a nut and an ego driven maniac. But he's been an entrepreneur in the field and has made significant contributions. Genetic engineering is logically the next step. As we map and sequence the millions of genomes in found in nature, there are endless permutations to what can be harnessed and engineered into viable organisms. Humans will literally dictate evolution in almost every fashion they desire.

so was edison.

Also, I don't don't think this is "Artifical life". Artifical would mean that a cell was created from scratch ala the Theoritacal "Primordial Pool". This is "Artifical DNA"

 

[Carcharodon]

so was edison.

Also, I don't don't think this is "Artifical life". Artifical would mean that a cell was created from scratch ala the Theoritacal "Primordial Pool". This is "Artifical DNA"

I'd almost go with "Artificial Genome" instead, but otherwise you're absolutely right.

 

[THE MR. TERRIFIC]

 

[Mystirious]

I do not know who he/she is but if this experiment leads to articicial life forms that look like him/her I call that a triumph for science

 

[Colossal Spoons]

^From a movie called Splice

 

[Majic Walrus]

I think is a little bit different than conducting surgery on animals to make them capable of walking upright and speaking English

Give him time.

 

[The Battousai]

Give him time.

Do you really think he doesn't already have a watch?

 

[Majic Walrus]

Do you really think he doesn't already have a watch?

 

[ChickenScratch]

Awesome. I love hearing news stories like this.