Bin eben über dies hier gestolpert:

Man creates world's first synthetic life form

Dr. Craig J. Venter just announced that he has created the world's first synthetic life form.
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Venter generated a digital code in a computer, and it's now somehow self-replicating as the genome in a group of living cells. The scary part? It's not a single cell, but in a way, it's a new species, "capable of logarithmic growth."

Just like in a science fiction movie, Dr. Venter says he's "briefed the White House."
Quelle und vollständiger Artikel hier: http://dvice.com/archives/2010/05/man-creates-wor.php

Na, denn ....