Seems like we will be God earlier than predicted by many.
Wiki: "In March 2009 Church and his team synthesised the first artificial Ribosome. Using the bacteria E. coli, Church and research Fellow Michael Jewett extracted the bacteria’s natural ribosomes, broke them down into their constituent parts, removed the key ribosomal RNA and then synthesized the ribosomal RNA anew from molecules."
Wiki: "Ribosomes (from ribonucleic acid and "Greek: soma (meaning body)") are complexes of RNA and protein that are found in all cells. The ribosome is part of the mechanism that translates the DNA sequence into the protein sequence."
This is extremely interesting in that they have managed to synthesize the most complex part of any living cell. It is predicted a fully functioning and multiplying cell or life as we know it will be created in the lab within the next two years. Church predicts in one year. WOW! This century is a great time to live in.
Artificial Life on the Horizon | Singularity Hub
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